Delivering Healthy Lifestyle Education to Pregnant Women By Midwives Using Evidence-Based Criteria: A Policy Brief
Pregnancy is a critical period. A healthy lifestyle during pregnancy has profound direct and indirect effects on the long-term health of the mother, the fetus and the newborn. According to studies, healthy lifestyle education for pregnant mothers in Iran, including at the level of primary health car...
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| author | Zeinab Hamzehgardeshi Zohreh Shahhosseini Afsaneh Fendereski Farangis Habibi Mohammad Ahmadi |
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| description | Pregnancy is a critical period. A healthy lifestyle during pregnancy has profound direct and indirect effects on the long-term health of the mother, the fetus and the newborn. According to studies, healthy lifestyle education for pregnant mothers in Iran, including at the level of primary health care, is not in a favorable condition. Lack of training program updates for midwives and lack of documented comprehensive educational content are among the reasons. The present policy brief aimed at dealing with this health problem by implementing the best evidence in practice. We propose "delivering healthy lifestyle education to pregnant women by midwives according to the best evidence-based criteria" to the health policymakers in Iran Ministry of Health and medical sciences universities. In this regard, it is recommended to systematically train midwives in healthcare settings, integration of healthy lifestyle education to mothers and primary health care programs, including that in the electronic health records of pregnant women, and continuous monitoring of these activities could be of great benefit. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af280ce555b043ca94345f208c60cc952023-11-21T07:40:31ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792023-03-0132218101106Delivering Healthy Lifestyle Education to Pregnant Women By Midwives Using Evidence-Based Criteria: A Policy BriefZeinab Hamzehgardeshi0Zohreh Shahhosseini1Afsaneh Fendereski2Farangis Habibi3Mohammad Ahmadi4 Professor, Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Professor, Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran MSc Student in Midwifery Counseling, Student Research Committee, Nasibeh Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran General Practitioner, Behshahr Health and Treatment Network, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Pregnancy is a critical period. A healthy lifestyle during pregnancy has profound direct and indirect effects on the long-term health of the mother, the fetus and the newborn. According to studies, healthy lifestyle education for pregnant mothers in Iran, including at the level of primary health care, is not in a favorable condition. Lack of training program updates for midwives and lack of documented comprehensive educational content are among the reasons. The present policy brief aimed at dealing with this health problem by implementing the best evidence in practice. We propose "delivering healthy lifestyle education to pregnant women by midwives according to the best evidence-based criteria" to the health policymakers in Iran Ministry of Health and medical sciences universities. In this regard, it is recommended to systematically train midwives in healthcare settings, integration of healthy lifestyle education to mothers and primary health care programs, including that in the electronic health records of pregnant women, and continuous monitoring of these activities could be of great benefit.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-19199-en.pdfpregnancyhealthy lifestylemidwifeeducationevidence-based practicepolicy brief |
| spellingShingle | Zeinab Hamzehgardeshi Zohreh Shahhosseini Afsaneh Fendereski Farangis Habibi Mohammad Ahmadi Delivering Healthy Lifestyle Education to Pregnant Women By Midwives Using Evidence-Based Criteria: A Policy Brief Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences pregnancy healthy lifestyle midwife education evidence-based practice policy brief |
| title | Delivering Healthy Lifestyle Education to Pregnant Women By Midwives Using Evidence-Based Criteria: A Policy Brief |
| title_full | Delivering Healthy Lifestyle Education to Pregnant Women By Midwives Using Evidence-Based Criteria: A Policy Brief |
| title_fullStr | Delivering Healthy Lifestyle Education to Pregnant Women By Midwives Using Evidence-Based Criteria: A Policy Brief |
| title_full_unstemmed | Delivering Healthy Lifestyle Education to Pregnant Women By Midwives Using Evidence-Based Criteria: A Policy Brief |
| title_short | Delivering Healthy Lifestyle Education to Pregnant Women By Midwives Using Evidence-Based Criteria: A Policy Brief |
| title_sort | delivering healthy lifestyle education to pregnant women by midwives using evidence based criteria a policy brief |
| topic | pregnancy healthy lifestyle midwife education evidence-based practice policy brief |
| url | http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-19199-en.pdf |
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