Responses to gestational weight management guidance: A thematic analysis of comments made by women in online parenting forums

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Arden, Madelynne A ^a   Duxbury, Alexandra M S ^a   Soltani, Hora ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gestational weight gain; Internet mediated research; NICE; Parenting forums; Risk perception; Views; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFUSION; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; GUILT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT GUIDANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CONTROL; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNICATION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; GUILT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERNET; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84903361150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-216     Document Type: Article

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