Implementing Essential Coaching for Every Mother during the COVID-19 pandemic: A pre-post intervention study.

Cindy Lee DennisMegan AstonAmy GrantDouglas McMillanGail Tomblin MurphyMarsha Campbell-Yeo

Published in: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) (2021)

Essential Coaching for Every Mother may play a role in increasing maternal self-efficacy and decreasing anxiety, although future work with a control group is needed to delineate the true effects of the program. Overall, mothers were satisfied with the Essential Coaching for Every Mother program and would recommend it for other mothers, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
randomized controlled trial
current status
birth weight
body mass index
weight gain