Perceptions of women and health-care providers in Tokyo of appropriate weight gain during pregnancy

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-26

  Haruna, Megumi ^a   Yeo, SeonAe ^b   Watanabe, Etsuko ^c   Matsuzaki, Masayo ^a   Ota, Erika ^a   Nakayama, Kae ^a   Murashima, Sachiyo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communication; Culture; Focus group; Prenatal care; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOKYO; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950114217     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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