Hearn Lydia, Miller Margaret, Lester Leanne
School of Dentistry, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia ; School of Exercise and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.
Child Health Promotion Research Centre, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.
J Obes. 2014;2014:573928. doi: 10.1155/2014/573928. Epub 2014 Apr 28.
Overwhelming evidence reveals the close link between unwarranted weight gain among childbearing women and childhood adiposity. Yet current barriers limit the capacity of perinatal health care providers (PHCPs) to offer healthy lifestyle counselling. In response, today's Internet savvy women are turning to online resources to access health information, with the potential of revolutionising health services by enabling PHCPs to guide women to appropriate online resources. This paper presents the findings of a project designed to develop an online resource to promote healthy lifestyles during the perinatal period. The methodology involved focus groups and interviews with perinatal women and PHCPs to determine what online information was needed, in what form, and how best it should be presented. The outcome was the development of the Healthy You, Healthy Baby website and smartphone app. This clinically-endorsed, interactive online resource provides perinatal women with a personalised tool to track their weight, diet, physical activity, emotional wellbeing, and sleep patterns based on the developmental stage of their child with links to quality-assured information. One year since the launch of the online resource, data indicates it provides a low-cost intervention delivered across most geographic and socioeconomic strata without additional demands on health service staff.
大量证据表明，育龄妇女不必要的体重增加与儿童肥胖之间存在密切联系。然而，当前的障碍限制了围产期医疗保健提供者（PHCPs）提供健康生活方式咨询的能力。作为回应，如今精通互联网的女性开始转向在线资源获取健康信息，这有可能通过使PHCPs能够引导女性获取合适的在线资源来彻底改变健康服务。本文介绍了一个项目的研究结果，该项目旨在开发一个在线资源，以促进围产期的健康生活方式。该方法包括与围产期妇女和PHCPs进行焦点小组讨论和访谈，以确定需要哪些在线信息、以何种形式呈现以及如何以最佳方式呈现。结果是开发了“健康的你，健康的宝宝”网站和智能手机应用程序。这个经过临床认可的交互式在线资源为围产期妇女提供了一个个性化工具，可根据其孩子的发育阶段跟踪她们的体重、饮食、身体活动、情绪健康和睡眠模式，并链接到质量有保证的信息。在线资源推出一年以来的数据表明，它提供了一种低成本干预措施，覆盖了大多数地理和社会经济阶层，且无需对卫生服务人员提出额外要求。
