4.6. Strengths and Future Directions
ISSHP
CVD
As far as we are aware, the present study is the first to describe nutritional and physical activity behaviours, cardiometabolic profiles, and the correlations between them for women early post various types of HDP. HDP diagnoses were made using the ISSHP definitions, allowing for accuracy and consistency across sites. The study’s sample size is also a strength, as well as its use of participants from six Sydney, Australia hospitals, representing an ethnically diverse population, enhancing the generalisability of study findings to the wider Australian and global postpartum population. The findings have significant clinical and public health implications, as they have the potential to guide postpartum management and development of interventions in the post-HDP population, to improve healthy lifestyle behaviours, and optimise cardiometabolic health to ultimately reduce future CVD risk.A qualitative study exploring education preferences of Australian women regarding long-term health after a HDP revealed that education should be a key component of postpartum care, with easily accessible information through an electronic resource suggested as having the greatest potential [