Associations among Health Literacy Levels and Health Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Pregestational and Gestational Diabetes in an Urban Setting

McLaughlin, Rosemary

doi:10.21007/etd.cghs.2009.0207

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“…In a study conducted by Mahmoud Nekouei Moghaddam et al, there was a significant correlation between health literacy and education level of men and women, which is consistent with our finding; however, they observed no significant correlation between health literacy and age, which does not support our results [10]. Also, in the studies conducted by McLaghlin et al [11] and Andrus et al [12], no significant correlation was found between age and health literacy in pregnant women [11,12]. Poorreza et al used the short Test of the Functional Health Literacy in Adults for women with type II diabetes (who referred to hospitals in Tehran).…”

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Health literacy and unintended pregnancy among rural Iranian women

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Health literacy is a significant element in the ability of a woman to engage in health promotion and preventive activities both for herself and her children. This study aimed to evaluate health literacy and the rate of unintended pregnancies, as well as the relationship between health literacy and unintended pregnancies among rural Iranian married women. This study was conducted on 240 rural married women aged 18 to 45 years. To collect data, the Persian version of the test of functional health literacy in adults and a checklist of demographic characteristics and unintended pregnancy were used. Approximately, 62% of the women studied had low literacy level (marginal and inadequate) and the rate of unintended pregnancies was 35%. A significant correlation was observed between health literacy level and education level, age, number of children, and unintended pregnancy. Then, the level of health literacy was low among rural married women and this factor was associated with their unintended pregnancies.

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Health literacy and unintended pregnancy among rural Iranian women

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“…McLaughlin et al, and also Endres et al, revealed the same conclusion in their studies around the association between age and HL in pregnant women. a number of research also noted the same results studying the association between age and HL in pediatric care from 5 to 7 months old (17,23,24).…”

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Maternal Health Literacy and Pregnancy Outcomes: Does any Association Exist?

Ghotbizadeh

Panahi

Manshadi

et al. 2022

J Obstet Gynecol Cancer Res

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Background and Objective: Social factors which are integrated with health status are considered crucial in pregnancy morbidity. Mothers with a developed level of health literacy (HL) experience a lower risk of preterm delivery. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between maternal HL and prenatal care and pregnancy outcome. Methods:The research was a cohort study. A total of 323 participants were selected from prenatal clinics. The women were followed until delivery. Women who had gestational diabetes or preeclampsia or gestational hypertension during pregnancy were omitted. Data were collected with a survey. Results: The result found 34.1%, 33.1%, 23.8%, and 9% were categorized as having inadequate, problematic, sufficient, and excellent maternal HL. Women with sufficient and excellent literacy were meaningfully better in having earlier and more frequent antenatal care, earlier folic acid consumption, and exercise before and during pregnancy, pregnancy alarm sign awareness, neonatal birth weight, and breastfeeding. Conclusion:The results proposed that sufficient and excellent HL among women is related to good pregnancy outcomes and poor HL causes a poor chance to gain a positive pregnancy outcome. A cooperative work to grow maternal HL by considering HL levels, revision of educational materials into plain language, and provision of pregnant women with verbal and video instruction in addition to written materials are highly recommended.

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“…also did not report a significant relationship between age and health literacy of pregnant women. [ 23 24 ] Examining the relationship between health literacy and women's reproductive components, the results showed that women with higher health literacy received significantly more counseling than other women before pregnancy and had a planned pregnancy. Prepregnancy care assesses the risks of pregnancy and seeks to improve diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmacological interventions by providing training and counseling.…”

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Investigating the effect of health literacy level on improving the quality of care during pregnancy in pregnant women covered by health centers

Asadi

Amiri

Safinejad³

2020

J Edu Health Promot

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BACKGROUND: Health literacy is the capacity to acquire, process, and understand basic information and services necessary for appropriate health decisions. Given the importance of health literacy in women, the aim of the present study was to determine the effect of health literacy level on improving the quality of care during pregnancy in pregnant women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was a cross-sectional analytical study. In this study, 130 women referred to Yazd health centers were examined. Health literacy questionnaires and a researcher-made checklist of the quality of pregnancy care were used to gather information. The researcher-made checklist of the quality of pregnancy care was in accordance with the standard protocol of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, entitled Integrated Health Care for Pregnant Mothers, which was validated and reliable. SPSS statistical software version 19 and t -test and ANOVA statistical tests were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: According to the findings, the average score of health literacy in pregnant women was 74.09, which showed that the level of health literacy was in the marginal or border range. People with higher health literacy received significantly more prenatal counseling than other women and had a planned pregnancy ( P = 0.04). CONCLUSION: The level of health literacy in pregnant women is unfavorable. Given that the high level of health literacy in women in society can lead to an increase in the quality of pregnancy care, so to increase health literacy in women, it is recommended that regular training in society by health-care providers be given more attention.

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Associations among Health Literacy Levels and Health Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Pregestational and Gestational Diabetes in an Urban Setting

Cited by 4 publications

References 288 publications

Health literacy and unintended pregnancy among rural Iranian women

Health literacy and unintended pregnancy among rural Iranian women

Maternal Health Literacy and Pregnancy Outcomes: Does any Association Exist?

Investigating the effect of health literacy level on improving the quality of care during pregnancy in pregnant women covered by health centers

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