Capacity-building and Participatory Research Development of a Community-based Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) for Pregnant and Postpartum Aboriginal Women:Information Gathered from Talking Circles.
Objectives were to gather information from Talking Circles of Aboriginal women who participated in a maternal Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) to identify strategies to bring NELIP into the community. Twelve First Nations women participated. Several main themes were iden...
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ftunivwontaojs:oai:ojs.uwo.ca:article/7340 2023-05-15T16:16:15+02:00 Capacity-building and Participatory Research Development of a Community-based Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) for Pregnant and Postpartum Aboriginal Women:Information Gathered from Talking Circles. Mottola, Michelle F Sopper, Maggie M Doxtator, Lindsay Big-Canoe, Katie Prapavessis, Harry Harris, Stewart Hanley, Anthony 2011-05-16 application/pdf https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7340 eng eng Western University https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7340/5984 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7340 Copyright (c) 2011 Michelle F Mottola, Maggie M Sopper, Lindsay Doxtator, Katie Big-Canoe, Harry Prapavessis, Stewart Harris, Anthony Hanley https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Health and Well-Being International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Health and Well-Being 1916-5781 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2011 ftunivwontaojs 2023-02-05T19:15:37Z Objectives were to gather information from Talking Circles of Aboriginal women who participated in a maternal Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) to identify strategies to bring NELIP into the community. Twelve First Nations women participated. Several main themes were identified regarding health: balance, knowledge/education and time management. Benefits of the NELIP were improvement in health, stamina, stress, and a healthy baby, no gestational diabetes and a successful home birth, with social support as an important contributing factor for success. Suggestions for improvement for the NELIP included group walking, and incorporating more traditional foods into the meal plan. The information gathered is the first step in determining strategies using participatory research and capacity-building to develop a community-based NELIP for pregnant Aboriginal women. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Western Libraries OJS International Indigenous Policy Journal 2 1 |
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Objectives were to gather information from Talking Circles of Aboriginal women who participated in a maternal Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) to identify strategies to bring NELIP into the community. Twelve First Nations women participated. Several main themes were identified regarding health: balance, knowledge/education and time management. Benefits of the NELIP were improvement in health, stamina, stress, and a healthy baby, no gestational diabetes and a successful home birth, with social support as an important contributing factor for success. Suggestions for improvement for the NELIP included group walking, and incorporating more traditional foods into the meal plan. The information gathered is the first step in determining strategies using participatory research and capacity-building to develop a community-based NELIP for pregnant Aboriginal women. |
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Mottola, Michelle F Sopper, Maggie M Doxtator, Lindsay Big-Canoe, Katie Prapavessis, Harry Harris, Stewart Hanley, Anthony Capacity-building and Participatory Research Development of a Community-based Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) for Pregnant and Postpartum Aboriginal Women:Information Gathered from Talking Circles. |
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Capacity-building and Participatory Research Development of a Community-based Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) for Pregnant and Postpartum Aboriginal Women:Information Gathered from Talking Circles. |
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Capacity-building and Participatory Research Development of a Community-based Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) for Pregnant and Postpartum Aboriginal Women:Information Gathered from Talking Circles. |
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Capacity-building and Participatory Research Development of a Community-based Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) for Pregnant and Postpartum Aboriginal Women:Information Gathered from Talking Circles. |
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Capacity-building and Participatory Research Development of a Community-based Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) for Pregnant and Postpartum Aboriginal Women:Information Gathered from Talking Circles. |
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Capacity-building and Participatory Research Development of a Community-based Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) for Pregnant and Postpartum Aboriginal Women:Information Gathered from Talking Circles. |
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capacity-building and participatory research development of a community-based nutrition and exercise lifestyle intervention program (nelip) for pregnant and postpartum aboriginal women:information gathered from talking circles. |
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