Is pregnancy a teachable moment for diet and physical activity behaviour change? An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of women during their first pregnancy

• Published in: British journal of health psychology Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 842 - 858
• Main Authors: Atkinson, Lou, Shaw, Rachel L., French, David P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Anxiety; Attitude to Health; Automatic; Behavior change; behaviour change; Cues; Diet; Emotional responses; Exercise; Female; Fertility; Health Behavior; Health education; Health promotion; Hospitalization; Humans; Identity; Infants; Information seeking behavior; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Life events; Life Style; Lifestyles; Medical personnel; Medical screening; Motivation; Perceptions; Physical activity; Pregnancy; Pregnant Women; Qualitative Research; Reliance; Risk; Self concept; Womens health; behaviour change; diet; qualitative research; pregnancy; physical activity

Objectives Pregnancy may provide a ‘teachable moment’ for positive health behaviour change, as a time when women are both motivated towards health and in regular contact with health care professionals. This study aimed to investigate whether women's experiences of pregnancy indicate that they w...