S.A. Mohamed
Educational program for Health Literacy among Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes: its effect on Maternal &amp; fetal outcomes
background gestational diabetes mellitus gdm unfolded global public health problem well major part gdm management including educated pregnant women diet exercise selfmanagements monitoring insulin get better outcomes maternal fetal health recent guidelines reported knowledge commitment level healthcare providers help recuperation must recognized need advancement health resources educate encourage women selfmanage gdm aim study assess effect educational program health literacy knowledge level pregnant women gestational diabetes maternal fetal outcomes methods prospective quasiexperimental design affiliated womens health university hospital assiut city upper egypt 50 pregnant women gdm 2836 gestational weeks interviewed assessment knowledge participate education program two tools used study namely pretest posttest knowledge questionnaire well educational program booklet results women present study aged 20 30 years old common presence firstdegree relatives diabetes mellitus 2244 women followed presence multiple risk factors in1224 difference levels pre posttest knowledge education score resulted significant improvement p0001 used educational program resulted significant improvement p value 0001 max score knowledge education receiving program found significant statistical difference moderately welleducated studied women maternal fetal outcomes conclusions educational intervention present study significantly effective knowledge attitude pregnant women gestational diabetes