A Patient and Public Involvement investigation into healthy eating and weight management advice during pregnancy

Julie Abayomi, Margaret Charnley, Laura Cassidy, M McCann, J Jones, M Wright, L Newson

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Objective: To conduct Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) to gain insight into the experience of healthy eating and weight management advice during pregnancy. Design: PPI in the planning and development of health interventions; aiming to ensure patient-centered care. Optimum nutrition and weight management are vital for successful pregnancy outcomes, yet many services report poor attendance and engagement. Setting: Community venues in Liverpool and Ulster (UK). Participants: Two PPI representatives were involved in all aspects of the study: design, interview questions, recruitment and collection/analysis of feedback. Intervention: Feedback was collected via note taking during group discussions, two in Liverpool (n=10 & 5); two in Ulster (n=7 & 9) and an interview (n=1, in Ulster). Results: Data were collated and Thematic Analysis identified three themes: 1) Weight gain is inevitable in pregnancy; 2) Healthy eating advice is important but currently lacks consistency and depth; 3) Expectations regarding the type of knowledge/support. Conclusions: PPI provides opportunity to enhance research design and offers valuable insight towards the needs of healthcare users. Pregnant women want positive health messages, with a focus on what they can/should do, rather than what they should not do. Midwives need to consider their communication with pregnant women, to ensure that their unique relationship maintained, especially when the topics of diet and weight management are addressed. A well-designed digital intervention could improve access to pregnancy-specific nutrition information; empowering midwives to communicate patient-centred, healthy eating messages with confidence. This has the potential to change dietary and weight management behaviour in pregnant women.
LanguageEnglish
JournalInternational Journal for Quality in Health Care
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 13 May 2019

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Weights and Measures
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women
Midwifery
Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Interviews
Patient-Centered Care
Health Planning
Pregnancy Outcome
Weight Gain
Research Design
Communication
Healthy Diet
Diet
Delivery of Health Care
Health

Keywords

  • pregnancy
  • weight management
  • Healthy eating
  • public patient involvement
  • nutrition communication

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Abayomi, Julie ; Charnley, Margaret ; Cassidy, Laura ; McCann, M ; Jones, J ; Wright, M ; Newson, L. / A Patient and Public Involvement investigation into healthy eating and weight management advice during pregnancy. In: International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2019.
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Abayomi, J, Charnley, M, Cassidy, L, McCann, M, Jones, J, Wright, M & Newson, L 2019, 'A Patient and Public Involvement investigation into healthy eating and weight management advice during pregnancy', International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

A Patient and Public Involvement investigation into healthy eating and weight management advice during pregnancy. / Abayomi, Julie; Charnley, Margaret; Cassidy, Laura; McCann, M; Jones, J; Wright, M; Newson, L.

In: International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 13.05.2019.

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Abayomi J, Charnley M, Cassidy L, McCann M, Jones J, Wright M et al. A Patient and Public Involvement investigation into healthy eating and weight management advice during pregnancy. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2019 May 13.