Familys' Web: Cancer Prevention for Daughters

描述（由研究者提供）：非洲裔美国人（AA）经历了 许多癌症的发病率更高，死亡率更高， 其他民族。水果、果汁和蔬菜摄入不足 (FJV)和高脂肪饮食会增加 几种癌症。儿童目前的FJV和脂肪摄入量不符合推荐标准 指南和国家数据表明，儿童的水果消费量下降 在学校里。家庭是社会的重要组成部分， 环境中，健康相关的行为是学习和 练习。家庭影响儿童饮食的两种主要机制 行为是直接的示范和权威的饮食行为的养育。 这项建议将测试家长有针对性的干预的可行性 关于父母建模和权威育儿实践的计划，通过 互联网，为目标群体AA父母的9-12岁的女儿， 促进对水果、果汁、蔬菜和低脂食品的偏好。 对照组将收到一条基于知识的“每天吃5个”信息， 治疗组将收到基于知识的信息， 示范和权威的育儿实践干预，与前，后， 对进程的评估和调解进行后续评估 措施互联网也将被用来收集数据。使用 互联网旨在尽量减少参与率低的问题。第1阶段 这项研究，焦点小组将进行的发展和 干预措施和心理社会措施的预评估。的 对从12个AA招募的参与者进行干预的过程评价 在第二阶段将举办教会活动（每个教会12对父母-女儿）。 教会将是分配和分析的单位。一个互联网交付 针对家庭机制的干预是一种创新方法， 儿童饮食行为的改变。这项可行性或试点研究将 为集中于饮食改变的全面干预提供基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): African-Americans (AA) experience a higher incidence of many cancers, and higher mortality rates than those of other ethnic populations. Inadequate intakes of fruit, juice, and vegetables (FJV) and high dietary fat have been associated with increased risks for several cancers. Children's current FJV and fat intakes do not meet recommended guidelines and national data indicate a decline in children's fruit consumption through the school years. Families are an important component of the social environment within which health related behaviors are learned and are practiced. Two primary mechanisms of family influence on children's dietary behaviors are direct modeling and authoritative parenting of dietary behaviors. This proposal will test the feasibility of a parent targeted intervention program on parent modeling and authoritative parenting practices, delivered via the internet, for a target group of AA parents of 9-12 year old daughters, to promote increased preferences for fruit, juice, vegetables, and low fat foods. The control group will receive a knowledge-based "Eat 5 A day" message, while the treatment group will receive the knowledge-based message plus a tailored modeling and authoritative parenting practices intervention, with pre, post, and follow up assessments of the process evaluation and mediating psychosocial measures. The internet will be also be utilized to collect the data. Use of the internet is designed to minimize problems of low participation. In phase 1 of this research, focus groups will be conducted for the development and pre-assessment of the intervention, and of the psychosocial measures. The process evaluation of the intervention with participants recruited from 12 AA churches (12 parent-daughter pairs per church) will take place during phase 2. Church will be the unit of assignment and analysis. An internet delivered intervention targeting family mechanisms is an innovative approach for children's dietary behavior change. This feasibility or pilot study will provide the foundation for a full scale intervention focused on dietary change.