The partner-an underutilized facilitator to support healthy gestational weight gain

According to the Social Ecological Model of Behavior Change, support persons and the immediate household environment are crucial pillars of behavior change. In the context of pregnancy, we hypothesize that promotion of effective behavior changes to support healthy GWG depends on individual-level fac...

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Published in:BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2023-06, Vol.23 (1), p.446-3, Article 446
Main Authors: Sparks, Joshua R, Phelan, Suzanne, Drews, Kimberly L, Redman, Leanne M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Barriers
Behavior modification
Body Mass Index
Correspondence
Eating behavior
Facilitators
Families & family life
Female
Gestational Weight Gain
Gestational weight gain (GWG)
Health behavior
Health behaviors
Health care
Households
Humans
Intervention
Lifestyles
Meals
Nutrition research
Obesity
Partner
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Qualitative research
Stakeholders
Weight control
Weight Gain
Womens health
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Summary:According to the Social Ecological Model of Behavior Change, support persons and the immediate household environment are crucial pillars of behavior change. In the context of pregnancy, we hypothesize that promotion of effective behavior changes to support healthy GWG depends on individual-level factors, in addition to support and adoption of health behavior change in partners, and couple-determined changes to the overall household environment (Fig. 1). [...]their statement that partners encouraged pregnant women to overeat and that some women reported their partners as a ‘feeder’ suggests partners have their own view of eating behavior that might change during pregnancy. [...]the authors described that some women reported relying on family and friends for advice on healthful diets and physical activity; yet this advice was sometimes discordant with their own beliefs.
ISSN:1471-2393
1471-2393
DOI:10.1186/s12884-023-05715-1