<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>To explore midwives’ views on how they provide healthy eating education to pregnant women after attending a healthy eating education workshop/webinar.</p></sec><sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>A qualitative descriptive approach was utilized. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore the views and experiences of midwives on providing healthy eating education for pregnant women. A purposive sample of six midwives was interviewed face-to-face, and one was conducted by telephone interview. Data were analyzed through qualitative conventional content analysis.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>Midwives described their views and experiences of factors that impacted their role in providing healthy eating education. They identified three categories: perceived role of midwives, health literacy, and model of care.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Knowledge and confidence of midwives improved after attending the workshop/webinar on healthy eating education. Findings suggested that midwives perceived their role as important in providing nutrition education. However, time and resources were highlighted as challenges when providing healthy eating education for pregnant women. The availability of health literacy and model of care were significant factors in enabling midwives to adequately provide this education. Midwives acknowledged a need for further education in areas of vegan diet, cultural food preferences for ethnic minority groups, and regular updates on national healthy eating guidelines.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveTo explore midwives’ views on how they provide healthy eating education to pregnant women after attending a healthy eating education workshop/webinar.MethodsA qualitative descriptive approach was utilized. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore the views and experiences of midwives on providing healthy eating education for pregnant women. A purposive sample of six midwives was interviewed face-to-face, and one was conducted by telephone interview. Data were analyzed through qualitative conventional content analysis.ResultsMidwives described their views and experiences of factors that impacted their role in providing healthy eating education. They identified three categories: perceived role of midwives, health literacy, and model of care.ConclusionsKnowledge and confidence of midwives improved after attending the workshop/webinar on healthy eating education. Findings suggested that midwives perceived their role as important in providing nutrition education. However, time and resources were highlighted as challenges when providing healthy eating education for pregnant women. The availability of health literacy and model of care were significant factors in enabling midwives to adequately provide this education. Midwives acknowledged a need for further education in areas of vegan diet, cultural food preferences for ethnic minority groups, and regular updates on national healthy eating guidelines.

Midwives’ views and experiences of providing healthy eating advice to pregnant women: a qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveTo explore midwives’ views on how they provide healthy eating education to pregnant women after attending a healthy eating education...

MW	Place of practice	Years of experience
MW1	Tertiary Hospital (Nursery/Postnatal)	8
MW2	Tertiary Hospital (Midwifery Group Practice)	13
MW3	Tertiary Hospital (Antenatal clinic)	24
MW4	Tertiary Hospital (Antenatal clinic/Antenatal Educator)	27
MW5	Tertiary Hospital (Antenatal clinic)	21
MW6	Midwifery Educator/Midwifery private practice	14
MW7	Tertiary Hospital (Midwifery Group Practice/Birth Centre/Midwifery private practice)	35

Midwives’ views and experiences of providing healthy eating advice to pregnant women: a qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 345 - 358

Received: Mar 10, 2020

Accepted: May 22, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0044

Keywords
midwives, healthy eating guidelines, nutrition policy, qualitative, content analysis, education, maternity health services

© 2020 Shwikar Mahmoud Etman Othman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1

Characteristics of midwives who participated in the interview.

Midwives’ views and experiences of providing healthy eating advice to pregnant women: a qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 345 - 358

Received: Mar 10, 2020

Accepted: May 22, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0044

Keywordsmidwives, healthy eating guidelines, nutrition policy, qualitative, content analysis, education, maternity health services

© 2020 Shwikar Mahmoud Etman Othman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1

Characteristics of midwives who participated in the interview.

Keywords
midwives, healthy eating guidelines, nutrition policy, qualitative, content analysis, education, maternity health services