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Comparison of Midwifery, Family Medicine, and Obstetric Patients’ Understanding of Weight Gain During Pregnancy: A Minority of Women Report Correct Counselling

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that differences in models of care between health care providers would result in variations in patients' reports of counselling. Our objective was to compare what women reported being advised about weight gain during pregnancy and the risks of inappropriate weight gain according to their type of health care provider. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire at obstetric, …

Authors

McDonald SD; Pullenayegum E; Bracken K; Chen AM; McDonald H; Malott A; Hutchison R; Haley S; Lutsiv O; Taylor VH

Journal

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 129–135

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

2 2012

DOI

10.1016/s1701-2163(16)35155-6

ISSN

1701-2163