{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Ziegenfuss JY"],"funding":["Environmental Protection Agency"],"pagination":["21501319221126980"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9520181"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>Eating fish before and during pregnancy is important but care must be taken to choose fish which maximize developmental outcomes. Physicians, a trusted health information source, could provide this nuanced communication. This cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of 400 family medicine and obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN) physicians in Minnesota was designed to understand physician behaviors and beliefs about safe fish consumption, describe barriers to physician-patient conversations about safe fish consumption generally and as part of prenatal care and to identify resources to help facilitate conversations on this topic.<h4>Methods</h4>Data was collected January to April 2020. Two hundred nineteen surveys were completed (55% response rate) with 194 reporting seeing patients at least 1 day a week. Descriptive survey results from all were summarized and analyzed overall and by physician specialty. Responses to 3 open-ended questions were thematically coded to enrich the quantitative results.<h4>Results</h4>While 62% of these reported discussing nutrition topics, only about one-third reported discussing with patients the benefits and about one-quarter the risks of eating fish. Despite the relative infrequency of fish discussions, almost all (>90%) respondents agreed that it is important to discuss fish consumption with people who are or may become pregnant. The largest reported barrier to these conversations was time (82%), and the most endorsed resource to overcome identified barriers was talking points (72%).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Because physicians report limited time, resources that facilitate fish consumption should be succinct while serving to both nudge the message and direct clinicians and their patients to robust information."],"journal":["Journal of primary care & community health"],"pubmed_title":["Behaviors, Beliefs, and Recommendations to Optimize Promotion of Safe Fish Consumption Before and During Pregnancy: A Physician Survey."],"pmcid":["PMC9520181"],"funding_grant_id":["GL00E01161"],"pubmed_authors":["Springer J","Katz AS","JaKa MM","Mello A","Kottke TE","Dinh JM","McCann P","Ziegenfuss JY","Haapala J","Jones C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Behaviors, Beliefs, and Recommendations to Optimize Promotion of Safe Fish Consumption Before and During Pregnancy: A Physician Survey.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>Eating fish before and during pregnancy is important but care must be taken to choose fish which maximize developmental outcomes. Physicians, a trusted health information source, could provide this nuanced communication. This cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of 400 family medicine and obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN) physicians in Minnesota was designed to understand physician behaviors and beliefs about safe fish consumption, describe barriers to physician-patient conversations about safe fish consumption generally and as part of prenatal care and to identify resources to help facilitate conversations on this topic.<h4>Methods</h4>Data was collected January to April 2020. Two hundred nineteen surveys were completed (55% response rate) with 194 reporting seeing patients at least 1 day a week. Descriptive survey results from all were summarized and analyzed overall and by physician specialty. Responses to 3 open-ended questions were thematically coded to enrich the quantitative results.<h4>Results</h4>While 62% of these reported discussing nutrition topics, only about one-third reported discussing with patients the benefits and about one-quarter the risks of eating fish. Despite the relative infrequency of fish discussions, almost all (>90%) respondents agreed that it is important to discuss fish consumption with people who are or may become pregnant. The largest reported barrier to these conversations was time (82%), and the most endorsed resource to overcome identified barriers was talking points (72%).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Because physicians report limited time, resources that facilitate fish consumption should be succinct while serving to both nudge the message and direct clinicians and their patients to robust information.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jan-Dec","modification":"2025-04-21T14:35:55.855Z","creation":"2024-11-09T19:13:17.019Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9520181","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36164940"],"doi":["10.1177/21501319221126980"]}}