Midwives were reported to lack the essential knowledge and skills to provide adequate or reliable nutrition advice,which may be somewhat contrary to the expectations of the women in
their care.
41
For example, a study by Mulliner and colleagues
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in
the United Kingdom used both quantitative and qualitative
approaches to explore the education, knowledge and attitudes
to nutrition during pregnancy in a randomly selected sample of
registered midwives (N = 77). They reported that 86% (50 of 77
participants) of registered midwives had no formal nutrition
education post qualification; 46% (27 of 77 participants) scored
poorly in nutrition knowledge; and more than half of those
midwives (58 of 77 participants) felt unqualified to provide
nutrition advice for pregnant women, especially to vegetarian
women, women from ethnic or religious background or women
with prior medical conditions. Although the authors acknowledged
the small size of their sample, the study results clearly indicated
that midwives lacked basic nutrition information and would
benefit from improving their nutrition knowledge.
34
Midwives were reported to lack the essential knowledge and skills to provide adequate or reliable nutrition advice,which may be somewhat contrary to the expectations of the women in
their care.
41
For example, a study by Mulliner and colleagues
34
in
the United Kingdom used both quantitative and qualitative
approaches to explore the education, knowledge and attitudes
to nutrition during pregnancy in a randomly selected sample of
registered midwives (N = 77). They reported that 86% (50 of 77
participants) of registered midwives had no formal nutrition
education post qualification; 46% (27 of 77 participants) scored
poorly in nutrition knowledge; and more than half of those
midwives (58 of 77 participants) felt unqualified to provide
nutrition advice for pregnant women, especially to vegetarian
women, women from ethnic or religious background or women
with prior medical conditions. Although the authors acknowledged
the small size of their sample, the study results clearly indicated
that midwives lacked basic nutrition information and would
benefit from improving their nutrition knowledge.
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