Published today in Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health is a new original research article by Natsumi Toyama and Noriko Sudo.  Read more about this paper below:

Title

Educational Effects of a Tailored Leaflet Addressing Drinking During Pregnancy

Abstract

Objective: To examine the educational effects of a tailored leaflet on current drinking behavior, thoughts about drinking alcohol during pregnancy, and knowledge of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) among pregnant women.

Design: Intervention.

Participants: We recruited pregnant women who were participating in maternity classes held at five municipal health centers in Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo in Japan.

Methods: Questionnaires were administered before and after distribution of either a tailored or a non-tailored leaflet and again after the women delivered their babies.

Results: More women read the non-tailored leaflet than the tailored one; this was because they felt they could read the non-tailored leaflet immediately. As for educational effects, the tailored leaflet was not superior to the non-tailored one in changing the women’s behavior, thoughts, or knowledge.

Conclusion: It is more important for health education leaflets to seem easy to read in terms of volume than to be tailored.

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