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S1A - The Dietary Choices of Low-Income, Pregnant African-American Women

Monday, June 15, 2015 : 4:15 PM

Title: S1A - The Dietary Choices of Low-Income, Pregnant African-American Women

Room 102 (Long Beach Convention Center)
Susan W. Groth, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FAANP , School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Discipline: Childbearing (CB), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • Recognize the challenges of excessive gestational weight gain
  • Describe the factors that contribute dietary choices of low-income, African American pregnant women
  • Identify areas for intervention in regards to dietary practices of low income African American pregnant women

    • Submission Description:
    A qualitative descriptive study using semi-structured interviews of 25 low-income, pregnant African American women to gain an understanding of factors that drive dietary choices. A directed content analysis approach was used. The main theme was “Caving in to cravings.” Two subthemes were taste and appetite. There were numerous barriers to making health dietary choices. Cravings and education should be the focus of interventions to improve pregnancy nutrition and decrease risk for excessive gestational weight gain.

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