Despite 2009 guidelines, few women report being counseled correctly about weight gain during pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333.e1-333.e6

  McDonald, Sarah D ^a,b   Pullenayegum, Eleanor ^b   Taylor, Valerie H ^c   Lutsiv, Olha ^e   Bracken, Keyna ^d   Good, Catherine ^f   Hutton, Eileen ^e   Sword, Wendy ^e  

^a Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (Canada)

^b Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (Canada)

^c Departments of Family Medicine   (Canada)

^d Family Medicine   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counseling; Gestational weight gain; Risk; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; WEIGHT GAIN; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84855181049     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.05.039     Document Type: Article

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