Addressing embodied inequities in health: how do we enable improvement in women's diet in pregnancy?

Accepted/In Press date: 20 March 2020

e-pub ahead of print date: 6 July 2020

Published date: 1 November 2020

Additional Information: Funding Information: Acknowledgements: The study reported here would have been impossible without the support of a number of people and organisations. Next, we express our gratitude for the practical and logistical support we received from our partners in Hamilton’s Public Health Services and in Hamilton’s Ontario Early Years Centres. We would especially like to highlight the integral roles of Michaela Servos, Kathy Pierce, Laura Wilson and their staff and colleagues who collectively run a variety of programmes aimed at improving maternal–child health, wellbeing and nutrition in the city of Hamilton. Much of our study promotion was carried out through and with these organisations, with the support and encouragement of their leaders and staff. We also thank other members of the M2B study team, especially Debbie Kao and Fei Fei Xia, along with members of the Sloboda Lab, for insightful comments on earlier presentations of our data. Finally, our deepest gratitude goes to the twenty-two PPP who took time from their hectic lives to participate in FGD and a stakeholder meeting with members of our team. Financial support: We acknowledge the contributions of our funders – the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (Hugs for Health Team Grant, no. 146333), the Women’s College Hospital (XChange Grant 15k Challenge) and McMaster University (Provost’s Award). Conflict of interest: We have no conflicts of interest to declare. Authorship: All authors contributed to the design of the study, spearheaded by D.M.S. and M.B. Additionally, all authors participated in a minimum of one analytical discussion session, and agreed on data interpretation and data presentation strategy. L.M. and M.B. wrote the manuscript and sketched first drafts of the figures. L.M. and S.O. constructed data tables. S.O. developed the final digital versions of figures. All authors read, edited, discussed and approved the submitted manuscript. Ethics of human subject participation: The current study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki, and all procedures involving research study participants were approved by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Copyright © © McMaster University and The Author(s), 2020

Keywords: Community engagement, Developmental origins, Dietary inequities, Health inequities, Pregnancy

Local EPrints ID: 444178

URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444178

DOI: doi:10.1017/S1368980020001093

ISSN: 1368-9800

PURE UUID: 637e4e7c-65e2-43f6-bf3f-cf17ab8c7253

ORCID for M.E. Barker: orcid.org/0000-0003-2976-0217

Date deposited: 30 Sep 2020 16:30

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