Beliefs and advice‐seeking behaviours for fertility and pregnancy: a cross‐sectional study of a global sample

Walker, Ruth; Blumfield, Michelle; Truby, Helen

doi:10.1111/jhn.12554

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“…It has been reported that younger women in particular are more likely to use social media to obtain pregnancy-related nutrition information. 40 The content analysis was completed by a single researcher, and consensus reached with another researcher, and this may have introduced subjective bias in reaching a final score for each of the websites. The analysis was performed over a short period of time and new websites or those updated outside of this period may have been missed or rated incorrectly.…”

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Nutrition information in pregnancy: Where do women seek advice and has this changed over time?

Lobo

Lucas

Herbert

et al. 2019

Nutrition & Dietetics

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Aim: Nutrition during pregnancy is fundamental to both the health of the mother and her baby. Sources of nutrition-related information are available via many sources but their accuracy is unknown. The present study aimed to (a) identify where women source their nutrition information during pregnancy and (2) assess the accuracy of nutrition information for pregnancy that is available on the internet. Methods: A survey instrument that identified the main sources of nutrition information was administered to 68 pregnant women recruited online. Data from this survey were compared to previous similar surveys conducted with pregnant mothers across years 2008, 2011 and 2014. A content analysis of websites was simultaneously conducted to assess the accuracy of available information. Results: The main source of nutrition information for a variety of topics was verbal communication from health professionals (% responses affirmative for that source ranged from 6.6% to 69% across survey years). There was an increasing trend in internet sourced information for most nutrition topics, but this source remained low for iodine across all years (range: 7.3%-15.9%). The internet was the main source of information for listeria/food safety (15.3%-32.4%) and healthy eating (25%-42%). Of the n = 165 websites identified by the content analysis, 82.4% (n = 136) were rated as accurate, with government (96.9%) and business/company (100%) sites having the highest accuracy. Conclusion: Verbal communication from health professionals remains the most important source of nutrition information for pregnancy. The high credibility of websites indicates this to be an additional resource. Further study into health literacy levels among women visiting these sites is needed to assess impact on dietary behaviour.

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Nutrition information in pregnancy: Where do women seek advice and has this changed over time?

Lobo

Lucas

Herbert

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Nutrition & Dietetics

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“…; Walker et al . ), their doctor might not have the time and skills to effectively communicate optimal diet advice that can enable their patients to make behavioural change.…”

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“…Today's patients are more likely to question medical care they receive and seek information from other sources of variable repute, such as articles on the Internet and health gurus on social media (Pollard et al 2015;Yiannakoulias et al 2017). Although patients trust their doctor and hold their advice in high regard (Ball et al 2014;Walker et al 2018), their doctor might not have the time and skills to effectively communicate optimal diet advice that can enable their patients to make behavioural change.…”

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Are doctors nutritionists? What is the role of doctors in providing nutrition advice?

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Diet and nutritional status impact on health outcomes. The global rise of dietrelated non-communicable diseases plus the double burden of obesity and malnutrition means that it is imperative more than ever that all healthcare professionals are able to provide at least basic evidence-based nutrition advice. Improving an individual's diet requires more than just information provision, it requires consistent and long-term support to change and maintain new behaviours. Doctors acknowledge that nutrition plays a crucial role in health and agree that providing nutrition advice is part of their role. However, providing sufficiently detailed nutrition advice that is relevant to a patient's health goals, useful for the patient, and that results in measurable changes, is not common in practice settings. Numerous challenges and barriers have been identified for why doctors do not provide nutrition recommendations to their patients. A lack of nutrition education and training, time constraints during appointments, and patients who have access to an ever-growing body of nutrition and health information via the Internet and social media, together may explain why doctors tend not to include nutrition advice in their care plans. This paper outlines both short-and long-term strategies for improving doctors' engagement with nutrition interventions and collaborative working with dietitians in the context of collaborative care. Having doctors support and advocate for evidenced-based nutrition practice is a crucial element of the World Health Organization's Decade of Action on Nutrition achieving measurable success.

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“…Gender had no significant effect on knowledge score. In contrast, many studies (Permenteret al, 2000;Crawford and Baghurst 1990;Tate and Cade, 1990;Hansbro, 1997) reported higher nutrition knowledge for women. Chi square analysis showed that the level of education was not affected by the gender but by the dwelling.…”

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Nutrition Knowledge and Misconception about Animal Source Food among Sri Lankans

Atapattu

Wimalarathne

2018

J Agric Sciences

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Purpose : Though essential for optimum nutrition and health, excessive consumption of animal source food items (ASF), particularly certain types is associated with health risks. Nutritional knowledge and misconceptions about ASF are among the factors that affect the type and level of consumption. This study investigates the nutrition knowledge and misconceptions about the ASF among different demographic segments of Sri Lanka. Research Method : The sample comprised of 361 randomly selected respondents. Each respondent was asked to indicate whether they agreed or disagreed on 20 knowledge-testing statements and to the extent they were certain about the each of the answers-in a four point Likert scale ranging from completely uncertain to completely certain. Findings : Nutritional knowledge score was as low as 34%. Gender and age had no significant effect on knowledge score. Tamils, Hindus, rural dwellers and respondents of lower education levels reported lower knowledge scores. Almost one in four believed that brown eggs are more nutritious than white. Around 16% respondents believed that even for a healthy adult an egg a day is unsafe. Older and rural respondents opined brown eggs were more nutritious while relatively younger urban segment was more concern about egg consumption level. As high as 19% of the respondents failed to recognize the nutritional superiority of fresh milk over powdered milk. Limitations : Though the sample comprised all main ethnic, religious and dwelling categories, it was drawn only from two administrative districts. Originality/Value : The study revealed that Sri Lankans still have low nutrition knowledge and hold a number of misconceptions about the ASF and, identifies the awareness programs particularly targeting rural and less educated social segments

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Beliefs and advice‐seeking behaviours for fertility and pregnancy: a cross‐sectional study of a global sample

Cited by 18 publications

References 52 publications

Nutrition information in pregnancy: Where do women seek advice and has this changed over time?

Nutrition information in pregnancy: Where do women seek advice and has this changed over time?

Are doctors nutritionists? What is the role of doctors in providing nutrition advice?

Nutrition Knowledge and Misconception about Animal Source Food among Sri Lankans

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