The Development of Maternal Obesity Maternity Services in the North East of England: A Qualitative Study
The results of this follow up study have identified that there has been some significant development in maternal obesity services since the previous study conducted in 2005/2006. There are routine referrals for consultant led care and anaesthetics for obese women, and also to dietetics services in a number of maternity units. Maternity units are also in various stages of developing and implementing guidelines across the region. Overall Health Care Professionals (HCP) felt that the benefits of maternal obesity services were in safeguarding the health of the mother and her baby, and the majority of maternity units had the necessary equipment to manage the care of the obese pregnant woman safely.
HCPTMs also felt that implementing obesity services during pregnancy meant that women were a captive audienceTM, and may be more motivated to address obesity during pregnancy. However there is more scope for the development of services relating to maternal weight management, and addressing the psychosocial issues of maternal obesity.
Maternal Obesity Project 1 Peer Reviewed Report FINAL VERSION isbn.pdf
The results of this follow up study have identified that there has been some significant development in maternal obesity services since the previous study conducted in 2005/2006.
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