Assessment of Health Beliefs Regarding Weight Control among Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women: Applying Health Belief Model.

Objective: The study aimed to assess overweight and obese pregnant women's beliefs related to weight control behaviors. Material: A descriptive study design was conducted from July 2nd 2022 to November 7th 2022. A random sample of (532) pregnant women was chosen. The study was conducted at randomly selected Primary Health Care Centers on right & left side of Mosul city. Results: The study finding showed the mean age of the participants was 27.2 ± 2.75 years, (84.02%) of them live in the city, (68.80%) are housewives, results also indicated that the mean score of participants’ beliefs related to weight control behaviors was low (25.5) for all subscales of health beliefs. Conclusions: The study showed that most of the overweight and obese pregnant women's beliefs related to weight control in general were low for all subscales of the Health Belief Model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]