A Qualitative Study of Perceptions, Strengths, and Opportunities in Cardiometabolic Risk Management During Pregnancy and Postpartum in a Georgia Safety-Net Hospital, 2021

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Along the left side of the figure are 4 boxes, each representing a construct. The first construct is threat, which includes susceptibility and severity; for susceptibility it asks how likely is it that a negative outcome will happen to me or my baby, and for severity, how bad might this outcome be for me or my baby? The second construct is benefits of management and prevention, or what are potential or actual positive consequences if I use a management or prevention behavior, and will it be effective? The third construct is barriers, or what are the negative consequences of engaging in this behavior? The fourth construct is self-efficacy, or am I capable of taking these actions? The management and prevention behaviors box on the right lists the behaviors of medication adherence, blood pressure monitoring, physical activity, healthy diet, postpartum visit attendance, glucose tolerance testing, and primary care. This is the first of 2 boxes or constructs with an arrow leading to the construct, management and prevention behaviors. The box under management and prevention behaviors is the fifth construct, cues to action, with the question, what can remind or trigger me to engage in this behavior? That box has another arrow pointing to management and prevention behaviors.

Figure.
Diagram of the constructs of the Health Belief Model (22), as applied to the current study of high-risk cardiometabolic conditions during pregnancy and postpartum, adapted from (24).

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