Gestational weight gain information: Seeking and sources among pregnant women

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Willcox, Jane C ^a   Campbell, Karen J ^a   McCarthy, Elizabeth A ^b   Lappas, Martha ^b   Ball, Kylie ^a   Crawford, David ^a   Shub, Alexis ^b   Wilkinson, Shelley A ^c,d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MATER MOTHERS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gestational weight gain; Information seeking behaviour; Pregnancy; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOOK; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MIDWIFE; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84938562147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0600-6     Document Type: Article

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