Trial reportBMC pregnancy and childbirth2012
Evaluation of the 'healthy start to pregnancy' early antenatal health promotion workshop: a randomized controlled trial.
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- Effective dietary interventions during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behavior change techniques to promote healthy eating.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Health-promotion interventions targeting multiple behaviors: A meta-analytic review of general and behavior-specific processes of change.Psychological bulletin · 2024Pooled it
- Dietary Interventions for Healthy Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review of Tools to Promote a Healthy Antenatal Dietary Intake.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Combined diet and exercise interventions for preventing gestational diabetes mellitus.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Diet or exercise, or both, for preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Nutrition advice during pregnancy: do women receive it and can health professionals provide it?Maternal and child health journal · 2014Pooled it
- An empowerment programme to improve diet quality during pregnancy - the Power 4 a Healthy Pregnancy cluster randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2025Trial
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- A randomised controlled trial on the Four Pillars Approach in managing pregnant women with anaemia in Yogyakarta-Indonesia: a study protocol.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2014Trial
- Physical Activity During Pregnancy, Dietary Adequacy, and Energy-Dense, Nutrient-Poor Food and Beverage Intake: Associations with Preterm Birth.Nutrients · 2026Article
- What is the Influence of Prenatal Physical Activity on Body Weight, BMI, and Health Behavior in Seven-Year-Old Children?Translational sports medicine · 2026Article
- "You Want to Eat Healthy, Especially When You're Pregnant. But Sometimes, It's Just Not Possible": Perceptions of Facilitators and Barriers to Healthy Food and Diet Practices During Pre-Conception and Pregnancy.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Clustering of smoking, alcohol consumption and weight gain in pregnancy: prevalence, care preferences and associated factors.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Optimizing Maternal Nutrition: The Importance of a Tailored Approach.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Review
- Physical Activity in High-Risk Pregnancies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Comparison of the effect of face-to-face training and telemedicine on self-care in adolescent pregnant women: A quasi-experimental study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2022Article
- Understanding empowerment for a healthy dietary intake during pregnancy.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2021Article
- Opportunities for dietitians to promote a healthy dietary intake in pregnant women with a low socio-economic status within antenatal care practices in the Netherlands: a qualitative study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPregnancy is an ideal time to encourage healthy lifestyles as most women access health services and are more receptive to health messages; however few effective interventions exist. The aim of this research was to deliver a low-intensity, dietitian-led behavior change workshop at a Maternity Hospital to influence behaviors with demonstrated health outcomes.
methodsWorkshop effectiveness was evaluated using an RCT; 'usual care' women (n = 182) received a nutrition resource at their first antenatal visit and 'intervention' women also attended a one-hour 'Healthy Start to Pregnancy' workshop (n = 178). Dietary intake, physical activity levels, gestational weight gain knowledge, smoking cessation, and intention to breastfeed were assessed at service-entry and 12 weeks later. Intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) analyses examined change over time between groups.
resultsApproximately half (48.3%) the intervention women attended the workshop and overall response rate at time 2 was 67.2%. Significantly more women in the intervention met pregnancy fruit guidelines at time 2 (+4.3%, p = 0.011) and had a clinically-relevant increase in physical activity (+27 minutes/week) compared with women who only received the resource (ITT). Women who attended the workshop increased their consumption of serves of fruit (+0.4 serves/day, p = 0.004), vegetables (+0.4 serves/day, p = 0.006), met fruit guidelines (+11.9%, p < 0.001), had a higher diet quality score (p = 0.027) and clinically-relevant increases in physical activity (+21.3 minutes/week) compared with those who only received the resource (PP).
conclusionsThe Healthy Start to Pregnancy workshop attendance facilitates improvements in important health behaviors. Service changes and accessibility issues are required to assist women's workshop attendance to allow more women to benefit from the workshop's effects.
trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12611000867998.
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