Pregnant women’s nutrition and association with health literacy

The aim. To analyze the links between pregnant women 's nutrition and their health literacy. Research methods. A quantitative study was conducted, the study sample consisted of 409 women. An online survey have been selected for the study, and the HLS-EU-Q16 questionnaire determined the health literacy of the subjects. The research data was processed with statistical data analysis SPSS 24.0 program. Statistical methods used – average and standard deviation, Chi-square test, Kruskal-Wallis criteria, Spearman correlation analysis. Results. When examining the relationship between pregnancy weight gain and health literacy index a tendency has emerged that the higher the health literacy index, the lower the weight gain during pregnancy. Analysis of the study data found that some dietary supplements are more commonly consumed by women who are married or living with a man. Sweets were consumed significantly by women with higher education. Beef was consumed more by pregnant women living in rural areas. Conclusions. Most pregnant women give up animal foods, sugar, as well as uncooked foods during pregnancy, eating three times a day, taking folic acid immediately after learning that they are pregnant. The health literacy index still remains low enough for pregnant women. The majority of pregnant women have limited health literacy