ERIC Number: EJ1392889
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1932-5037
EISSN: EISSN-2168-3751
Inequalities in Communicating about Nutrition Information during Prenatal Care: The After-Visit Summary
JaKa, Meghan M.; Henderson, Maren S. G.; Dinh, Jennifer M.; Rivard, Rachael L.; Andersen, Julia; Brown-Robinson, Corinne; Kottke, Thomas E.; Ziegenfuss, Jeanette Y.
American Journal of Health Education, v54 n4 p275-281 2023
Background: Though prenatal nutrition information is critical, it is not known whether information is shared equitably by patient race, financial security, or English proficiency. Purpose: To evaluate whether delivery or receipt of ChooseYourFish.org nutrition information in the first prenatal visit differed by patient demographics. Methods: Analysis of clinician-document electronic health record (EHR) or patient-reported surveys compared delivery and receipt of fish-related nutrition information in the first prenatal visit. Inferential statistics were used to compare delivery or receipt and race, ethnicity, payor, or interpreter use. Results: EHR analysis (n = 2,329) revealed Medicaid patients who used an interpreter were half as likely to have the fish nutrition message in their after-visit summary compared to those with Medicaid who did not use an interpreter (OR = 0.54, 95% CL: 0.35-0.84). The same was not true for non-Medicaid patients. Survey analysis (n = 52) showed respondents identifying as Black or African American were 25% less likely to report receiving the after-visit summary compared to respondents who identified as white (p < 0.01). Discussion: The results presented here illustrate how nutrition communication in the prenatal period can differ by patient race, financial security, and language. Translation to Health Education Practice: Culturally humble efforts to understand drivers of healthcare communication are needed to eliminate inequalities. A AJHE Self-Study quiz is online for this article via the SHAPE America Online Institute (SAOI) http://portal.shapeamerica.org/trn-Webinars
Descriptors: Nutrition, Prenatal Care, Patients, Individual Characteristics, Race, Language Proficiency, Economic Status, Translation, Web Sites, Information Dissemination, Communication Strategies, Health Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Minnesota; Wisconsin
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