Food-Focused Media Literacy for Remotely Acculturating Adolescents and Mothers: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the 'JUS Media? Programme'
| Autor: | Julie Meeks Gardner, Rachel Powell, Cagla Giray, Steve P. Tran, Gail M. Ferguson, Barbara H. Fiese, Michelle R. Nelson, Brenda Koester, Hari Sundaram |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Gerontology
Adolescent Mothers Article law.invention Food group Literacy Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) Vegetables medicine Humans Child Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Obesity Focus group Acculturation Psychiatry and Mental health Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Media literacy Diet Healthy Psychology Adolescent health |
| Zdroj: | J Adolesc Health |
| ISSN: | 1054-139X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.06.006 |
| Popis: | Purpose Unhealthy eating is a major modifiable risk factor for noncommunicable diseases and obesity, and remote acculturation to U.S. culture is a recently identified cultural determinant of unhealthy eating among adolescents and families in low/middle-income countries. This small-scale randomized controlled trial evaluated the efficacy of the “JUS Media? Programme,” a food-focused media literacy intervention promoting healthier eating among remotely acculturating adolescents and mothers in Jamaica. Methods Gender-stratified randomization of 184 eligible early adolescents and mothers in Kingston, Jamaica (i.e., 92 dyads: Madolescent.age = 12.79 years, 51% girls) determined 31 “Workshops-Only” dyads, 30 “Workshops + SMS/texting” dyads, and 31 “No-Intervention-Control” dyads. Nutrition knowledge (food group knowledge), nutrition attitudes (stage of nutritional change), and nutrition behavior (24-hour recall) were primary outcomes assessed at four time points (T1/baseline, T2, T3, T4) across 5 months using repeated measures analysis of covariances. Results Compared to control, families in one or both intervention groups demonstrated significantly higher nutrition knowledge (T3 adolescents, T4 mothers: mean differences .79–1.08 on a 0–6 scale, 95% confidence interval [CI] .12–1.95, Cohen’s ds = .438–.630); were more prepared to eat fruit daily (T3 adolescents and mothers: .36–.41 on a 1–5 scale, 95% CI .02–.77, ds = .431–.493); and were eating more cooked vegetables (T4 adolescents and T2 and T4 mothers: .20–.26 on a 0–1 scale, 95% CI -.03–.50, ds = .406-.607). Postintervention focus groups (6-month-delay) revealed major positive impacts on participants’ health and lives more broadly. Conclusions A food-focused media literacy intervention for remotely acculturating adolescents and mothers can improve nutrition. Replication in Jamaica and extension to the Jamaican diaspora would be useful. |
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