Research published in BMCPublicHealth suggests that targeted postnatal interventions can help assist women to adopt and/or maintain healthy lifestyles following hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
cohort overall, the interviewed sample had higher proportions with only one child, Caucasian ethnicity and born in Australia. Interviewees were comparable in maternal age, gestational age and educational attainment. Compared with the wider population of women giving birth in New South Wales, Australia during 2020, women in the BPstudy were slightly older but similar proportions were Australian-born and had multiple births. There were fewer Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women.
“I don't consider myself having high blood pressure. I was more than happy to partake in the research, but I don't feel like I have high blood pressure, so it hasn't really made a difference … I don't know if I actually read any of it [BPbrochures] just because, I know it sounds silly, but I don't know if I identify as being really unhealthy.
“I come from [ethnic group] background. So, I guess, just now preparing your own foods, or just making Mum aware – because she lives with us – just to minimize the salt that she puts in our food as well.”However, several mothers indicated that their focus on their children’s nutrition and well-being came at the expense of their own nutrition or physical activity. Some reported that they had little time or energy to focus on their own health.
Although some interviewees reported little change in their health behaviour, many recounted various improvements to their diet following HDP, such as increasing vegetable consumption, reducing intake of salt and sugar sweetened beverages, cutting out snacks and controlling portions. Many also described trying to keep physically active, especially through walking as a response to their current circumstances.
“I eat rather than just grabbing what's available. And I try to do a little bit more meal prep where I can now, which I haven't really done before, just so that I'm not just eating a party pie [small pre-cooked meat pie] because it takes five minutes.”Most participants in Group 3 spoke positively about the Get Healthy Service . They valued the convenience and flexibility of a phone-based health coaching service and the coaches’ willingness to fit in with parenting commitments.
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