Can a health coaching intervention delivered during pregnancy help prevent excessive gestational weight gain? Hill, Briony, Skouteris, Helen, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew and Mcphie, Skye 2016, Can a health coaching intervention delivered during pregnancy help prevent excessive gestational weight gain?, Journal of behavioral medicine, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 793-803, doi: 10.1007/s10865-016-9743-9. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Can a health coaching intervention delivered during pregnancy help prevent excessive gestational weight gain? Author(s) Hill, Briony orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-3963 Skouteris, Helen Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-6057 Mcphie, Skye Journal name Journal of behavioral medicine Volume number 39 Issue number 5 Start page 793 End page 803 Total pages 11 Publisher Springer Place of publication New York, N.Y. Publication date 2016-10 ISSN 1573-3521 Keyword(s) behavioural medicine gestational weight gain health behaviour change health coaching intervention studies motivation Summary This study evaluated: (1) the efficacy of a health coaching (HC) intervention designed to prevent excessive gestational weight gain (GWG); and (2) whether there were improved psychological, motivational, and behavioural outcomes for women in the HC intervention compared to a "usual care" control group. In this quasi-experimental study, 267 pregnant women ≤18 weeks gestation were recruited between August 2011 and June 2013 from two hospital antenatal clinics in Melbourne, Australia. Intervention women received four individual HC and two group HC/educational sessions informed by theories of behaviour change. Women completed questionnaires assessing psychological, motivational and behavioural outcomes at 16-18 (baseline) and 33 (post-intervention) weeks gestation. Weight measures were collected. Compared to usual care, the intervention did not limit GWG or prevent excessive GWG. However, HC women reported greater use of active coping skills post-intervention. Despite lack of success of the HC intervention, given the risks associated with excessive weight gain in pregnancy, health professionals should continue to recommend appropriate GWG. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s10865-016-9743-9 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Grant ID GNT1018000 GNT1009324 Copyright notice ©2016, Springer Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30083123 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to in press version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 29 Apr 2016, 08:03:56 EST Sat, 30 Apr 2016, 05:00:47 EST Mon, 02 May 2016, 08:10:09 EST Fri, 10 Jun 2016, 06:08:41 EST Wed, 17 Aug 2016, 09:45:20 EST Fri, 19 Aug 2016, 13:58:28 EST Wed, 24 Aug 2016, 09:36:24 EST Wed, 24 Aug 2016, 09:38:26 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:17:22 EST Thu, 02 Feb 2017, 11:32:48 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 8 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 757 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 29 Apr 2016, 08:03:56 EST