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Nawabi, Farah ORCID: 0000-0002-9433-1390, Krebs, Franziska ORCID: 0000-0002-5998-3801, Lorenz, Laura ORCID: 0000-0003-2799-5784, Shukri, Arim, Alayli, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-8859-4285 and Stock, Stephanie ORCID: 0000-0002-1726-9300 (2022). Health Literacy among Pregnant Women in a Lifestyle Intervention Trial. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19 (10). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 1660-4601

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Abstract

Health literacy plays a crucial role during pregnancy, influencing the mother's health behavior which in turn affects the unborn child's health. To date, there are only few studies that report on health literacy among pregnant women or even interventions to promote health literacy. GeMuKi (acronym for Gemeinsam Gesund: Vorsorge plus fur Mutter und Kind-Strengthening health promotion: enhanced check-up visits for mother and child) is a cluster-randomized controlled trial, aimed at improving health literacy in pregnant women by means of a lifestyle intervention in the form of brief counseling. The women in the intervention group receive counseling on lifestyle topics, such as nutrition and physical activity, during their regular prenatal check-ups. The counseling is tailored to the needs of pregnant women. Demographic data is collected at baseline using a paper-based questionnaire. Data on health literacy is collected using the Health Literacy Survey Europe with 16 items (HLS-EU-16) at baseline and the Brief Health Literacy Screener (BHLS) questionnaire at two points during the pregnancy by means of an app, which was developed specifically for the purpose of the project. The results of the study indicate that around 61.9% of the women participating in the GeMuKi study have an adequate level of health literacy at baseline. The regression analyses (general estimating equations) showed no significant effect of the GeMuKi intervention on general health literacy as measured by the BHLS (ss = 0.086, 95% CI [-0.016-0.187]). However, the intervention was significantly positively associated with pregnancy specific knowledge on lifestyle (ss = 0.089, 95% CI [0.024-0.154]). The results of this study indicate that GeMuKi was effective in improving specific pregnancy related knowledge, but did not improve general health literacy.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Nawabi, Farah UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9433-1390 UNSPECIFIED Krebs, Franziska UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5998-3801 UNSPECIFIED Lorenz, Laura UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2799-5784 UNSPECIFIED Shukri, Arim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Alayli, Adrienne UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8859-4285 UNSPECIFIED Stock, Stephanie UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-1726-9300 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-658415
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph19105808
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Volume:	19
Number:	10
Date:	2022
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	1660-4601
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RISK-FACTORS; OBESITY; KNOWLEDGE; BEHAVIOR Multiple languages Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/65841