Disparities in parent confidence managing child weight-related behaviors
| Autor: | Jennifer L. Curran, Thao-Ly T. Phan, Diane J. Abatemarco |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Parents Pediatric Obesity Cross-sectional study Health Behavior Ethnic group Motivational interviewing Motivational Interviewing Tertiary care Article Weight management medicine Ethnicity Humans Parent-Child Relations Child Life Style Self-efficacy business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Obesity Self Efficacy Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Hispanic ethnicity Female business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Patient education and counseling. 98(1) |
| ISSN: | 1873-5134 |
| Popis: | Objective To describe ethnic disparities in parental confidence managing child weight-related behaviors. Methods This was a cross-sectional survey of 59 parents of children with obesity between 4 and 7 years of age presenting to a tertiary care pediatric weight management clinic. Parents completed a validated measure assessing their confidence managing their child's weight-related behaviors (parent confidence score). Student's t -tests and linear regression analyses were used to determine parent and child characteristics associated with parent confidence score. Results Families were ethnically diverse with half being of Hispanic ethnicity. Mean parent confidence score was 159 (SD 66) with 71% of parents with parent confidence scores below the clinical cut-off for the measure. Parent confidence score was lower among Hispanic (mean 133, SD 67) compared to non-Hispanic parents (mean 184, SD 55, p β =−0.39, p =0.002, adjusted R 2 =0.14). Conclusion Parental confidence managing weight-related behaviors was low among parents of young obese children, especially those of Hispanic ethnicity. Practice implications This study highlights the need to assess parental confidence in managing weight-related behaviors as part of pediatric obesity care and to provide counseling to improve parental management of weight-related behaviors in a culturally-appropriate manner. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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