"as soon as you've had the baby that's it..." a qualitative study of 24 postnatal women on their experience of maternal obesity care pathways

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Dinsdale, Sarah ^a   Branch, Kay ^b   Cook, Lindsay ^c   Shucksmith, Janet ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Formerly Middlesbrough Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care pathway; Obesity; Postnatal; Pregnancy; Teachable moment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; OBESITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978946712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3289-1     Document Type: Article

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