Nutrition education in the midwife consultation room. A cross sectional survey in Spain

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Midwifery Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI:10.1016/j.midw.2024.104150

Mª Josefa Olloqui-Mundet, María del Mar Cavia, Sara R. Alonso-Torre, Celia Carrillo

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Abstract

Background: Diet during pregnancy is a key factor in the success of pregnancy. However, several studies have found pregnant women have low adherence to dietary recommendations. The midwife is a key health professional to provide nutrition education for pregnant women. Thus, it is important to know in detail her role in this respect. Aim: To explore how Spanish midwives undertake nutrition education in order to assess the need for specific interventions aimed at improving the health of pregnant women. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive observational study was undertaken using an online questionnaire (466 responses). Findings: Spanish midwives recognise the importance of nutrition in pregnancy and that advising pregnant women in this regard is part of their role. In fact, all community midwives discuss nutrition to pregnant women, although they recognise that they do not feel particularly comfortable in dealing with certain topics, which could be related to a lack of mastery of the subjects. Midwives (56.5 %) rated the nutrition training their received as poor. Conclusion: In order to guarantee the quality in the nutrition education provided by Spanish midwives to promote the health of pregnant women, our results demonstrate the importance of strengthening both the nutrition content of midwives' training programmes and the ongoing support they receive throughout their professional life.

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助产士咨询室的营养教育。西班牙横断面调查

背景：孕期饮食是怀孕成功与否的关键因素。然而，多项研究发现，孕妇对饮食建议的依从性很低。助产士是为孕妇提供营养教育的主要卫生专业人员。因此，详细了解助产士在这方面的作用非常重要。目的：探讨西班牙助产士如何开展营养教育，以评估是否需要采取旨在改善孕妇健康的特定干预措施。研究方法使用在线问卷（466 份回复）进行横断面描述性观察研究。研究结果西班牙助产士认识到孕期营养的重要性，并认为向孕妇提供这方面的建议是其职责的一部分。事实上，所有社区助产士都会与孕妇讨论营养问题，尽管她们承认在处理某些话题时并不感到特别自如，这可能与她们缺乏对相关主题的掌握有关。助产士（56.5%）认为她们接受的营养培训很差。结论为了保证西班牙助产士为促进孕妇健康而提供的营养教育的质量，我们的研究结果表明，加强助产士培训课程中的营养内容以及助产士在整个职业生涯中获得的持续支持非常重要。

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Midwifery 医学-护理

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

7.40%

发文量

221

审稿时长

13.4 weeks

期刊介绍： Midwifery publishes the latest peer reviewed international research to inform the safety, quality, outcomes and experiences of pregnancy, birth and maternity care for childbearing women, their babies and families. The journal’s publications support midwives and maternity care providers to explore and develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes informed by best available evidence. Midwifery provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for the publication, dissemination and discussion of advances in evidence, controversies and current research, and promotes continuing education through publication of systematic and other scholarly reviews and updates. Midwifery articles cover the cultural, clinical, psycho-social, sociological, epidemiological, education, managerial, workforce, organizational and technological areas of practice in preconception, maternal and infant care. The journal welcomes the highest quality scholarly research that employs rigorous methodology. Midwifery is a leading international journal in midwifery and maternal health with a current impact factor of 1.861 (© Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2016) and employs a double-blind peer review process.