Prevention & lipidsResearch article
Barriers and facilitators of cardiovascular disease prevention services for women with prior gestational diabetes or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a scoping review
- Scoping review
Authors' conclusion
Women with prior GDM or HDP face significant barriers to accessing postpartum CVD prevention services. These barriers ranged from individual-level knowledge gaps to system-level healthcare disparities.
Study context
- Population
- Women with prior gestational diabetes (GDM) or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP)12 qualitative, 17 quantitative studies
- Participants
- 29 women
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Barriers and facilitators of postpartum cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention services
- Individual barriers: lack of knowledge, health and emotional factors
- Interpersonal barriers (most reported): competing priorities, lack of family/friend support, mistrust of healthcare providers
- Organizational barrier (most significant): gaps in communication
- System barrier (most reported): gaps in insurance coverage
- Individual facilitators: personal desire for better health, availability of postpartum programmes
- Interpersonal facilitator (most reported): women's commitment to modelling a healthy lifestyle for their children
- Organizational facilitators: access to primary care providers, follow-up visit reminders, programme availability in native languages
- 18 565 studies screened
Original publication
Barriers and facilitators of cardiovascular disease prevention services for women with prior gestational diabetes or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a scoping review. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 23 July 2025. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf435
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