My aim is with this Toolkit is to arm you with the resources you need to navigate the conversation around exercise in pregnancy with patients across all populations. Follow the steps outlined in “A Roadmap for Providers” to help support patients in staying active throughout this transformational time.
This Tool Kit encompasses resources from Bodies for Birth® as well as other reputable organizations such as the CDC, American College of Sports Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and more.
Provider Tools:
- 4Cs Framework: Meeting Patients at the Juncture of Change (Source: Bodies for Birth®)
- Navigating Prenatal Exercise Conversations: A Road Map for Providers Using the 4 Cs Framework (Source: Bodies for Birth®)
- Health Care Provider Consultation Form for Prenatal Physical Activity (Source: CSEP/SCPE)
- Health Care Provider’s Action Guide (Source: ACSM)
Accompanying Patient Tools:
- CSEP Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy (Source: CSEP/SCPE)
- Patient tool: A Roadmap for Staying Safe & Active Throughout Pregnancy (Source: Bodies for Birth®)
- Patient tool: Getting in Motion & Staying in Motion During Pregnancy: Creating a Plan of Action (Source: Bodies for Birth®)
- Being Active During Pregnancy: ACSM Exercise is Medicine (Source: ACSM)
Educational Tools for Patients & Providers: