Developing a lifestyle intervention program for overweight or obese preconception, pregnant and postpartum women using qualitative methods.

ABSTRACT: The time period before, during and after pregnancy represents a unique opportunity for interventions to cultivate sustained healthy lifestyle behaviors to improve the metabolic health of mothers and their offspring. However, the success of a lifestyle intervention is dependent on uptake and continued compliance. To identify enablers and barriers towards engagement with a lifestyle intervention, thematic analysis of 15 in-depth interviews with overweight or obese women in the preconception, pregnancy or postpartum periods was undertaken, using the integrated-Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services framework as a guide to systematically chart factors influencing adoption of a novel lifestyle intervention. Barrier factors include time constraints, poor baseline knowledg

SUBMITTER: Ku CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8847557 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature