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. 1999 Jul-Aug;90(4):229-32.
doi: 10.1007/BF03404121.

Learning needs as perceived by women less than or equal to 16 weeks pregnant

Y A Camiletti  1 , R Alder
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Learning needs as perceived by women less than or equal to 16 weeks pregnant

Y A Camiletti et al. Can J Public Health. 1999 Jul-Aug.

Abstract
in English, French

In April 1997, 120 women < or = 16 weeks gestation responded to a survey conducted by the Middlesex-London Health Unit, which identified learning needs of women in their first trimester of pregnancy. This survey was part of a larger community initiative to plan, develop and implement first trimester "Prenatal Health Fairs" in London, Ontario. A listing of topics identified by women as most salient to their learning needs is included. There was a strong emergence of the need to include environmental health issues in the first trimester curriculum. The ranking of topics was unrelated to age, education and employment status with the exception that employed women were more likely to rank coping with discomforts of pregnancy, reasons for regular prenatal care and physical changes of pregnancy as important. Specific information related to reasons for attending a health fair, best times, locations and methods of advertising is addressed.

En avril 1997, 120 femmes enceintes de moins de 16 semaines ont répondu à un sondage du bureau de santé de London et Middlesex, sondage visant à identifier les besoins d’apprentissage des femmes au cours du premier trimestre de grossesse. Ce sondage se situe dans le cadre d’une initiative collective plus large visant à planifier, développer et mettre en oeuvre les „ Foires santé prénatales ” du premier trimestre, à London, en Ontario.

Une liste des sujets identifiés par les femmes comme étant les points les plus saillants de leurs besoins d’apprentissage, est jointe. La question des problèmes de santé environnementale se situait en tête de liste. Le classement des sujets n’était pas lié à la question de l’âge, du niveau d’éducation ou de l’emploi, sauf que les femmes qui occupaient un emploi avaient de plus grandes chances d’accorder plus d’importance aux questions d’inconfort pendant la grossesse, aux raisons pour des soins prénatals et aux changements physiques en cours de grossesse. Des renseignements plus précis dont les raisons de participer à une foire santé, les meilleures dates, les lieux et les modes de publicité sont des sujets abordés.

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