Conceptions of pregnancy health and motivations for healthful behavior change among women in American Samoa.
CONCLUSIONS: This study confirmed pregnancy as an opportune moment for health behavior intervention, especially within the context of Samoan culture. Future efforts should capitalize on external motivations for behavior change but also encourage the development of internal motivators to sustain changes initiated in pregnancy post-partum.
PMID: 28662836 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Women Birth - Category: Midwifery Authors: Kocher EL, Sternberg Lamb JM, McGarvey ST, Faiai M, Muasau-Howard BT, Hawley NL Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research
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