Best practices in prenatal health promotion: Perceptions, experiences, and recommendations of Ottawa, Canada, prenatal key informants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prenatal health promotion includes the provision of evidence-based information and practical skills to optimize maternal-fetal outcomes. Increasingly, prenatal education is delivered by both healthcare professionals and allied childbirth educators, in community- or hospital-based group classes, targeted outreach programs, and online modules.

Objectives

To better understand how prenatal health promotion relates to a diverse urban community, we assessed the perspectives of Ottawa, Canada prenatal key informants.

Design

This is a qualitative research with key informant interviews.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 prenatal key informants, responsible for the design, delivery, or promotion of publicly available prenatal health ser

SUBMITTER: Soucy NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9989378 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature