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Reply to: “The partner-an underutilized facilitator to support healthy gestational weight gain”
We agree with the comments in the response by Sparks et al. that it is important to include partners in the design of interventions to address weight management behaviours during pregnancy. Other relevant people in women’s contexts should also be considered.
- Authors
Tamara Escañuela Sánchez, Sarah Meaney, Keelin O’Donoghue
- Year
- 2023
- Journal Name
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Category
- Journal Article
- Keywords
- Stillbirth
- Project
- Full Citation
Escañuela Sánchez T, Meaney S, O’Donoghue K, Byrne M, Matvienko-Sikar K. Reply to: “The partner-an underutilized facilitator to support healthy gestational weight gain”. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2023;23:445. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05713-3.
- Link to Publication
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05713-3
Abstract
Facilitators and barriers influencing weight management behaviours were identified in our meta-synthesis of qualitative research entitled “Facilitators and barriers influencing weight management behaviours during pregnancy: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research”. This manuscript is in response to the letter submitted by Sparks et al. regarding that work. The authors highlight the importance of including partners into intervention design when addressing weight management behaviours. We agree with the authors that it is important to include partners into intervention design and further research is granted to identify facilitators and barriers affecting their influence over women. As per our findings, the influence of the social context goes beyond the partner and we suggest that future interventions should address other relevant people in women’s contexts such as parents, other relatives, and close friends.