Publication details
Které ženy se připravují na své těhotenství a mateřství?
| Title in English | Which expecting mothers prepare for their pregnancy and motherhood? |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Hygiena |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | preconception preparation; prenatal care; pregnancy |
| Description | Healthy lifestyle resulting from well-informed parental knowledge is a condition of both reproductive and general health. Results of current studies show that both pie-conceptual and prenatal unhealthy lifestyles of mothers/parents play an important role in the etiology of different health malfunctions and abnormalities in ontogeny. These malfunctions and abnormalities can be manifested either immediately or with a long latency. The knowledge and habits of women can be significantly influenced by midwives in prenatal courses or, optimally, in a pre-conception advisory capacity. The goal of our work was to ascertain the current situation of pregnanacy and maternity preparedness and associated determining factors. A questionnaire survey and evaluation of chosen anthropometrical parameters were used. The study revealed that existing pregnancy and maternity preparation is insufficient, with associated inadequacies or risks in behaviour. Tn most cases the results correlated with the educational capacity of mo-thers and were better in cases where the subjects had prepared for their pregnancy and maternity. Prenatal courses arc attended by a relatively low number of women and arc least attended by women with lower education levels, for whom such courses would yield greater benefits. |