Table 3 Final coding frame
Theme | Description |
|---|---|
1) What keeps me from improving my health? | Barriers to improving health or reaching goals |
1a. The way pregnancy makes me feel | Pregnancy-specific experiences |
1b. I’m still recovering from labour | Physical changes/impairments made it difficult to exercise post-birth |
1c. My focus has changed since giving birth | Barriers related to having a new baby |
1d. My health is not a priority | Lack of interest in own health |
2) What things in my life help me to be healthy? | Facilitators to improving health or reaching goals |
2a. I have always had a healthy lifestyle | Being healthy comes naturally |
2b. People around me are healthy too | Social support for improving health behaviours |
2c. My environment encourages healthy behaviours | Environmental factors such as food availability or exercise facilities |
3) How did I use pregnancy-specific resources? | Use of available sources of information or support such as apps, books and classes |
3a. Baby’s development | Reading about how the baby is growing and developing |
3b. Specific concerns | Looking up specific symptoms or guidelines |
3c. To help me improve my health | Advice or information related to improving diet or increasing physical activity |
4) How much did I engage with the research nurses’ support? | Experiences and engagement with the HCS intervention |
4a. I realised that they were trying to support me to set and reach health behaviour goals | Participants describe the HC skills that the nurses used |
4b. The support I had helped me to be healthier | How the HCS intervention encouraged behaviour change |
4c. I set goals and tried to meet them (or not) | Engagement with goal-setting and effort made to reach those goals |
5) Why do I want to be healthy? | Motivators for wanting to improve diet or increase physical activity |
5a. I want to do the best I can for my children | Focus on the baby’s health and development |
5b. I want to stay healthy or get healthier | Focus on improvement or maintenance of own health |
5c. I don’t want to be fat | Concerns about body weight |