Influences on Physical Activity of Young Latino Children

对拉丁裔儿童体育活动的影响

• 批准号: 7661550
• 负责人: ANA CRISTINA TERRA DE SOUZA LINDSAY
• 金额: $ 22.66万
• 依托单位: HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-21 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7661550
• 关键词: Address; Adolescence; Age; Area; Attention; Attitude; Automobile Driving; Behavior; Belief; Body mass index; Caregivers; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Child; Child Care; Child Development; Child Nutrition; Childhood; Chronic Disease; Complement; Counseling; Data; Development; Educational Intervention; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Environment; Ethnic group; Family; Focus Groups; Food; Habits; High Prevalence; Hispanics; Home environment; Immigrant; Incidence; Individual; Infant; Intake; Intervention; Interview; Knowledge; Latino; Life; Life Style; Low Income Population; Low income; Maintenance; Measurement; Measures; Minority; Not Hispanic or Latino; Nursery Schools; Nutritional; Obesity; Overweight; Parenting behavior; Parents; Perception; Phase; Physical activity; Play; Population; Population Group; Preschool Child; Prevention; Protocols documentation; Public Health; Qualitative Evaluations; Qualitative Methods; Qualitative Research; Reliance; Reporting; Research; Rhode Island; Risk; Role; Target Populations; Telephone; Testing; Time; United States; Weight Gain; Woman; aged; base; community setting; design; early childhood; elementary school; energy balance; feeding; high risk; improved; obesity in children; prevent; programs; public health relevance; racial and ethnic; sedentary; skills; social; surveillance data; trend

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Physical activity is a key component of energy balance and its promotion therefore an essential component in the prevention of child overweight. Few studies have examined multiple contextual influences on physical activity and sedentary behaviors of Latino-children 3-5 yr, who have the highest prevalence of at risk and overweight among low income US preschoolers. Research suggests interventions addressing childhood obesity that will be effective for among Latino families and their preschool children require cultural tailoring and a robust parent component. The proposed study will use qualitative methods to explore parental, family and home environment, and social-cultural influences on children's physical activity and sedentary behaviors; and identify barriers and facilitators to providing opportunities for physical activity from the perspectives of parents and WIC Program staff serving Latino populations in Rhode Island. Quantitative data on physical activity of parents and preschool children assessed by accelerometry and parental report will complement qualitative themes used to design an educational intervention to be administered by WIC. Four sequential phases include: Phase I: A: focus group discussions with parents of preschool-aged children enrolled in the WIC program in the state of Rhode Island, and B: In-depth interviews with WIC staff; Phase II: measurement of objective and reported physical activity of n=30 parents and their preschool-aged children; Phase III: development of an educational intervention that addresses: (a) parental, (b) family/home environment, and (c) socio-cultural influences on physical activity and sedentary behaviors of low income, Latino preschool children; Phase IV: qualitative evaluation and refinement of materials and protocols, resulting in a fully developed educational intervention suitable for formal testing through a subsequent RO1 application. The proposed research will add to current knowledge not only through a focus on low-income, Latino preschool children and their families, but also demonstrating the potential role organizations such as the WIC Program can play in building parenting capacity and skills through educational interventions to promote increased physical activity and decreased sedentary behaviors of this population at high risk of overweight. Public Health Relevance: The proposed research will explore parental, family and home environment, and social-cultural influences and identify barriers and facilitators to improving physical activity and sedentary behaviors of low-income, Latino, preschool children. Qualitative research findings from focus groups with parents and in-depth interviews with staff of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and quantitative data on physical activity of parents and children assess by accelerometry and parental report will be used to develop an educational intervention for this target population at high risk of overweight. Materials, scripts and protocols for individual, group and phone counseling to be delivered by WIC staff will be culturally tailored to promote early healthy physical activity behaviors in this organizational setting.

描述（由申请人提供）：身体活动是能量平衡的关键组成部分，因此促进身体活动是预防儿童超重的重要组成部分。很少有研究考察多重背景对 3-5 岁拉丁裔儿童身体活动和久坐行为的影响，这些儿童在美国低收入学龄前儿童中的风险和超重患病率最高。研究表明，解决儿童肥胖问题的干预措施对拉丁裔家庭及其学龄前儿童有效，需要文化调整和强有力的家长参与。拟议的研究将采用定性方法探讨父母、家庭和家庭环境以及社会文化对儿童身体活动和久坐行为的影响；从家长和为罗德岛拉丁裔人口提供服务的 WIC 计划工作人员的角度来看，确定提供体育活动机会的障碍和促进因素。通过加速度测量和家长报告评估的家长和学龄前儿童身体活动的定量数据将补充用于设计 WIC 实施的教育干预措施的定性主题。四个连续阶段包括： 第一阶段：A：与罗德岛州参加 WIC 项目的学龄前儿童家长进行焦点小组讨论，B：与 WIC 工作人员进行深入访谈；第二阶段：对 n=30 名家长及其学龄前儿童的客观和报告的身体活动进行测量；第三阶段：制定教育干预措施，解决：（a）父母，（b）家庭/家庭环境，以及（c）社会文化对低收入拉丁裔学龄前儿童的身体活动和久坐行为的影响；第四阶段：对材料和协议进行定性评估和完善，从而形成适合通过后续 RO1 申请进行正式测试的全面教育干预措施。拟议的研究不仅通过关注低收入拉丁裔学龄前儿童及其家庭来丰富现有知识，而且还展示了 WIC 计划等组织在通过教育干预措施提高育儿能力和技能方面可以发挥的潜在作用，以促进超重高危人群增加体力活动和减少久坐行为。公共卫生相关性：拟议的研究将探讨父母、家庭和家庭环境以及社会文化的影响，并确定改善低收入、拉丁裔、学龄前儿童身体活动和久坐行为的障碍和促进因素。家长焦点小组的定性研究结果以及对妇女、婴儿和儿童特别补充食品计划 (WIC) 工作人员的深入访谈以及通过加速度测量和家长报告评估的家长和儿童体力活动的定量数据将用于针对超重高风险目标人群制定教育干预措施。 WIC 工作人员提供的个人、团体和电话咨询的材料、脚本和协议将根据文化进行定制，以促进在此组织环境中的早期健康身体活动行为。