Handling the challenges of accessing reliable and tailored information on physical activity during pregnancy: a mixed-methods, cross-perspective investigation
Mathilde Hyvärinen, Mireille van Poppel, Hélène Legardeur, Maxime Haubry, Jennifer Wegrzyk, Claire de Labrusse · 2026
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Mathilde Hyvärinen leads a six-author team with a 2026 mixed-methods study of why pregnant women in western Switzerland struggle to get sound advice on physical activity. Two maternity hospitals took part. Ninety-five women completed a survey about how different jobs communicated activity guidance, sixteen of them sat for interviews, and nineteen hospital midwives were interviewed about their own habits. Analysis used the Theoretical Domains Framework and the COM-B behaviour model, then merged the strands.
Most women were in their third trimester and highly schooled, yet 37 percent had received no activity information at all and 59 percent wanted more. Getting answers depended on women's own pushing. Midwives admitted forgetting or dodging the topic when untrained, pressed, or doubtful of interest. Patchy advice bred wrong ideas and anxiety. The team built a COM-B framework to grow midwives' capability, opportunity, and drive for on-the-spot, tailored counselling.
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| CREATOR | Mathilde Hyvärinen, Mireille van Poppel, Hélène Legardeur, Maxime Haubry, Jennifer Wegrzyk, Claire de Labrusse |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 97125 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |