Journal of Health Technology Assessment in Midwifery
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025): May

Healthy behavior during pregnancy: Scoping review

Yasmin, Yasmin (Unknown)
Suryaningsih, Endang Koni (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 May 2025

Abstract

Background:Maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) refers to the emotional bond or attachment that a mother has with her unborn child during pregnancy. Health behavior during pregnancy includes nutrition, personal hygiene, clothing, and stress management. Health in pregnant women to get a healthy mother and child is done while the mother is pregnant. Objective: to map the existing evidence on maternal-fetal attachment and healthy living behavior during pregnancy with a scoping review approach. Methods: using databases namely Pubmed, Science Direct, Wiley, EBSCO published between 2014-2023. Result: there are 580 articles obtained from several databases, then filtered into 4 relevant articles. Obtained from several countries, namely, Finland 1 article, America 1 article, Iran 1 article, and Rhode Island with a total of q articles. Of the 4 articles, 2 articles were obtained that used a cross-sectional design, namely in articles A3 and A4, then for articles with a cohort-study design, namely A1, while articles that used qualitative research were A2. Conclusion: there are several influences of maternal-fetal attachment for healthy behavior during pregnancy. Some health practices that can support pregnant women are avoiding alcohol consumption, quitting smoking, exercising, conducting regular pregnancy checks.

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JHTAM

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Education Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Public Health

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Journal of Health Technology Assessment in Midwifery provides an international forum for the publication, dissemination and discussion of advances in evidence, controversies and current research, current knowledge and promotes continuing education through publication of systematic and other ...