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“There’s a Lot of Like, Contradicting Stuff”—Views on Healthy Living during Pregnancy and Postpartum
The transition from pregnancy through early postpartum can be a particularly vulnerable time for women as they adjust to the changes of motherhood. This study aimed to provide a detailed account of additional health challenges that mothers are facing throughout motherhood during the pandemic. Data o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9140655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35627385 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105849 |
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author | McNamara, Jade A. Mena, Noereem Z. Wright, Arrington Barr, Makenzie L. |
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description | The transition from pregnancy through early postpartum can be a particularly vulnerable time for women as they adjust to the changes of motherhood. This study aimed to provide a detailed account of additional health challenges that mothers are facing throughout motherhood during the pandemic. Data obtained can be utilized to create tailored interventions to aid women during their reproductive years. A sequential approach was utilized, collecting health-related information via survey and subsequent focus groups or interviews to further examine health experiences during pregnancy or postpartum. Fifty-seven participants completed the online survey, 73.5% were postpartum. The healthy eating index of the cohort was low, 50.5 ± 10.3%. Prior to pregnancy, 54.5% were classified as overweight/obese. Following pregnancy, 71.1% were classified as overweight or obese. Emergent qualitative themes from focus groups (n = 3) and interviews (n = 6) included (1) value and desire for healthy eating, (2) desire to make well-informed health-based decisions, and (3) role of social networks during pregnancy and postpartum. Pregnant/postpartum women desire to lead a healthy lifestyle but experience barriers to accomplishing intended goals. Upstream resources and policies that promote healthy living for pregnant/postpartum women can reduce chronic disease throughout the lifespan following childbirth. |
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spelling | pubmed-91406552022-05-28 “There’s a Lot of Like, Contradicting Stuff”—Views on Healthy Living during Pregnancy and Postpartum McNamara, Jade A. Mena, Noereem Z. Wright, Arrington Barr, Makenzie L. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The transition from pregnancy through early postpartum can be a particularly vulnerable time for women as they adjust to the changes of motherhood. This study aimed to provide a detailed account of additional health challenges that mothers are facing throughout motherhood during the pandemic. Data obtained can be utilized to create tailored interventions to aid women during their reproductive years. A sequential approach was utilized, collecting health-related information via survey and subsequent focus groups or interviews to further examine health experiences during pregnancy or postpartum. Fifty-seven participants completed the online survey, 73.5% were postpartum. The healthy eating index of the cohort was low, 50.5 ± 10.3%. Prior to pregnancy, 54.5% were classified as overweight/obese. Following pregnancy, 71.1% were classified as overweight or obese. Emergent qualitative themes from focus groups (n = 3) and interviews (n = 6) included (1) value and desire for healthy eating, (2) desire to make well-informed health-based decisions, and (3) role of social networks during pregnancy and postpartum. Pregnant/postpartum women desire to lead a healthy lifestyle but experience barriers to accomplishing intended goals. Upstream resources and policies that promote healthy living for pregnant/postpartum women can reduce chronic disease throughout the lifespan following childbirth. MDPI 2022-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9140655/ /pubmed/35627385 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105849 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article McNamara, Jade A. Mena, Noereem Z. Wright, Arrington Barr, Makenzie L. “There’s a Lot of Like, Contradicting Stuff”—Views on Healthy Living during Pregnancy and Postpartum |
title | “There’s a Lot of Like, Contradicting Stuff”—Views on Healthy Living during Pregnancy and Postpartum |
title_full | “There’s a Lot of Like, Contradicting Stuff”—Views on Healthy Living during Pregnancy and Postpartum |
title_fullStr | “There’s a Lot of Like, Contradicting Stuff”—Views on Healthy Living during Pregnancy and Postpartum |
title_full_unstemmed | “There’s a Lot of Like, Contradicting Stuff”—Views on Healthy Living during Pregnancy and Postpartum |
title_short | “There’s a Lot of Like, Contradicting Stuff”—Views on Healthy Living during Pregnancy and Postpartum |
title_sort | “there’s a lot of like, contradicting stuff”—views on healthy living during pregnancy and postpartum |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9140655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35627385 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105849 |
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