Knowledge translation tool to improve pregnant women's awareness of gestational weight gain goals and risks of gaining outside recommendations: a non-randomized intervention study

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• 作者：Sarah D McDonald ; Christina K Park ; Eleanor Pullenayegum…
• 关键词：Knowledge translation ; Intervention studies ; Surveys ; Gestational weight gain ; Lifestyle factors ; Counseling
• 刊名：BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：15
• 期：1
• 全文大小：744 KB
• 刊物主题：Reproductive Medicine; Maternal and Child Health; Gynecology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2393

文摘

Background There is an urgent need to prevent excessive pregnancy weight gain, a contributor to both maternal and child obesity. However, the majority of women had reported not being counseled to gain an appropriate amount of gestational weight by their health care providers. We developed a knowledge translation (KT) tool designed to facilitate the clinical interaction between pregnant women and their health care providers (HCPs). We piloted the tool on the impact on women’s knowledge of gestational weight gain (GWG) goals, and evaluated its potential in promoting appropriate knowledge about GWG within the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines.