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Prenatal Nutrition in Team-Based Care: Current Practices and Opportunities for Optimization of Care.

PURPOSE: To describe prenatal nutrition care currently delivered by Family Health Teams (FHTs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs) in Ontario, from the perspectives of health care providers, and to identify opportunities for improving care.

METHODS: Ten 1-hour, interdisciplinary focus groups were conducted in FHTs and CHCs, involving a total of 73 health care providers. Focus groups ranged in size from 3 to 11 team members, and at least 3 different professions participated in each group. The shared perspectives and experiences on prenatal nutrition care were collected using a semi-structured interview guide and analyzed using thematic analysis.

RESULTS: Limited time was spent on prenatal nutrition education and counselling. Two themes emerged describing gaps in care: (i) providing care in "borderline" high-risk pregnancies (i.e., impaired glucose tolerance) and (ii) providing care around gestational weight gain. Providers envisioned improving services offered by increasing preventative care, empowering providers to provide more nutrition care, facilitating patient self-care, and building a 1-stop shop "medical home".

CONCLUSIONS: This study's findings can guide strategies to mobilize current nutritional knowledge into routine prenatal care, and the shared vision for improvement will inform the routes for new practice that are supported by health care professionals.

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