dc.contributor.author	Flannery, Caragh
dc.contributor.author	McHugh, Sheena M.
dc.contributor.author	Kenny, Louise C.
dc.contributor.author	O'Riordan, Mairead N.
dc.contributor.author	McAuliffe, Fionnuala M.
dc.contributor.author	Bradley, Colin P.
dc.contributor.author	Kearney, Patricia M.
dc.contributor.author	Byrne, Molly
dc.contributor.funder	Health Research Board	en
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-14T12:09:54Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-14T12:09:54Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	Objective: The aim of this study was to explore healthcare professionals’ (HCPs) beliefs and attitudes towards weight management for pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2. Design: Qualitative study. Setting: A public antenatal clinic in a large academic maternity hospital in Cork, Ireland, and general practice clinics in the same region. Participants: HCPs such as hospital-based midwives and consultant obstetricians and general practitioners (GPs). Method: Semistructured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of hospital-based HCPs and a sample of GPs working in the same region. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and thematically analysed using NVivo software. Results: Seventeen HCPs were interviewed (hospital based=10; GPs=7). Four themes identified the complexity of weight management in pregnancy and the challenges HCPs faced when trying to balance the medical and psychosocial needs of the women. HCPs acknowledged weight as a sensitive conversation topic, leading to a ‘softly-softly approach’ to weight management. HCPs tried to strike a balance between being woman centred and empathetic and medicalising the conversation. HCPs described ‘doing what you can with what you have’ and shifting the focus to managing obstetric complications. Furthermore, there were unclear roles and responsibilities in terms of weight management. Conclusion: HCPs need to have standardised approaches and evidence-based guidelines that support the consistent monitoring and management of weight during pregnancy.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Health Research Board (SPHeRE/2013/1)	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Published Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.articleid	e024808
dc.identifier.articleid	e024808
dc.identifier.citation	Flannery, C., McHugh, S. M., Kenny, L. C., O’Riordan, M. N., McAuliffe, F. M., Bradley, C., Kearney, P. M. and Byrne, M. (2019) 'Exploring obstetricians’, midwives’ and general practitioners’ approach to weight management in pregnant women with a BMI ≥25 kg/m 2 : a qualitative study', BMJ Open, 9(1), 8 pp. e024808. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024808	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024808
dc.identifier.endpage	e024808-8	en
dc.identifier.issn	2044-6055
dc.identifier.issued	1	en
dc.identifier.journaltitle	BMJ Open	en
dc.identifier.startpage	e024808-1	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/7496
dc.identifier.volume	9	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	BMJ Publishing Group	en
dc.relation.uri	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/9/1/e024808.full.pdf
dc.rights	© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	en
dc.subject	Weight management in pregnancy	en
dc.subject	Health care practitioners	en
dc.subject	Antenatal	en
dc.title	Exploring obstetricians’, midwives’ and general practitioners’ approach to weight management in pregnant women with a BMI ≥25 kg/m 2 : a qualitative study	en
dc.type	Article (peer-reviewed)	en

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