The Healthy Start to Pregnancy study - an evaluation of a new early antenatal health promotion model of care for improving maternal health behaviours.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Antenatal health behaviours (dietary intake/diet quality, physical activity, gestational weight gain, smoking)Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disordersReproductive Health and Childbirth - Antenatal carePublic Health - Health promotion/education
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12611000867998
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Shelley Wilkinson
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 380
Inclusion Criteria
Women will be included if they are pregnant, attending the Mater Mothers' Hospital antenatal clinic for pregnancy care, and who are able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
Women will be excluded if they are unable to read and speak English at a level that allows completion of pen-and-paper surveys.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. an improvement in fruit and vegetable intake (an increase, by at least 5%, of women meeting the pregnancy guidelines for fruit and for vegetable intake and an increase of at least half a serve of fruit and half a serve of vegetables consumed each day)[Time 1: Baseline/service entry; Time 2:+3 months from recruitment (valid and reliable 'short questions' from teh National Nutrition Survey)];2. an improvement in pregnancy weight status (improved weight gain guideline awareness and increased proportion of women gaining appropriate amounts of weight for pregnancy)[Time 1: Baseline/service entry; Time 2:+3 months from recruitment; Time 3: immediate postnatal period (self-report)];3. an improvement in the diet quality index;[Time 1: Baseline/service entry; Time 2:+3 months from recruitment (valid and reliable 'fat and fibre' diet quality index)]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method