Perspectives about and approaches to weight gain in pregnancy: A qualitative study of physicians and nurse midwives

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chang, Tammy ^a,b   Llanes, Mikel ^a,b   Gold, Katherine J ^a   Fetters, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified nurse midwives; Family physician; Gestational weight gain; Obesity; Obstetrics; Prenatal care; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING HABIT; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NURSE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE MIDWIFE; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84874016938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-47     Document Type: Article

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