Parental perception of child bodyweight and health among Mexican-American children with acanthosis nigricans
| Autor: | Dejun Su, Renaisa Anthony, Terry T.-K. Huang, Hongmei Wang, Drissa Toure, Athena K. Ramos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Parents medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Pediatric Obesity Epidemiology Mothers Type 2 diabetes Overweight Odds Fathers Sex Factors Mexican Americans medicine Humans Acanthosis Nigricans Child Acanthosis nigricans business.industry Medical record Public health Body Weight Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Obesity Texas Health education Female medicine.symptom business Attitude to Health Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of immigrant and minority health. 16(5) |
| ISSN: | 1557-1920 |
| Popis: | Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a cutaneous marker associated with elevated risk of type 2 diabetes. This study assesses mother–father differences in perception of child’s bodyweight and health by Mexican-American parents with AN-positive children. The study used medical records in conjunction with survey data collected between 2011 and 2012 for 309 Mexican-American children with AN in South Texas. Multivariate logit models were estimated to assess mother–father differences in perception of child bodyweight and health controlling for selected child- and parent-level covariates. About 91 % of the children in the sample were obese and 6.5 % were overweight. One fifth of mothers and 38.5 % of fathers in the sample expressed no concern of their children’s bodyweight. After adjusting for selected explanatory variables at both the child and parent level, the odds for fathers, relative to mothers, to be concerned about child’s bodyweight were 82 % lower (OR = 0.18, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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