Open AccessNutrition for Pregnant Women: What Should be Informed and How do Health Professionals Provide It?
Author(s) -
Endah Sulistyowati
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/292/1/012046
Subject(s) - cinahl , medicine , pregnancy , family medicine , prenatal care , nutrition information , medline , nutrition education , health care , qualitative research , cochrane library , population , nursing , clinical nutrition , alternative medicine , environmental health , gerontology , psychological intervention , social science , food science , law , economic growth , chemistry , pathology , sociology , genetics , biology , political science , economics
Nutrition for pregnant women is one of the most essential factors that influence the outcomes of maternal and infant. Pregnant women can gain nutrition information from many sources including consultation to health professionals. However, some studies showed that mother received lack of nutrition information during pregnancy and the evidence regarding the nutrition advice for pregnant women is limited. A literature review was conducted to identify the nutrition information received by mothers during antenatal period. This review included qualitative and quantitative studies which concern in the nutrition advice during pregnancy and the strategy used by health practitioners to provide information about pregnancy nutrition in the antenatal care. The included studies were searched from electronic databases such as Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, ProQuest Central and PubMed Central, and also from Google scholar. This review produced seven studies included qualitative and quantitative research. Generally, women were not receiving adequate nutrition education during pregnancy. Health practitioners in the developing countries use counselling during antenatal care to provide information about nutrition for pregnant women, while in the developed countries, health professionals prefer to use online and social media. The evidence of healthcare professionals in providing nutrition information for pregnant women is limited. Nutrition counselling and online media were identified as effective tools in promoting a healthy diet and supplementation for pregnant women within some population groups. Further studies about health practitioners’ strategies in providing nutrition education during antenatal care are highly recommended.