Social Ecological Model for Community and Home-based Nutrition Education

描述(申请人提供)：饮食模式的显著变化和体力活动的减少将美国儿童中的肥胖率推高到流行的程度；低收入和少数族裔家庭特别容易受到影响肥胖症的社会经济障碍的影响，其中拉美裔人口受到的影响最严重。拟议的互动双语儿童营养教育课程独特地填补了代际健康教育的空白，并有能力通过关注家庭、社区护理环境以及国家和地方媒体的强大影响力之间的相互联系，改变在服务不足、语言孤立的社区预防肥胖症的范例。这些层面的影响构成了社会生态模型(SEM)，本提案利用该模型作为框架来探讨影响儿童营养知识、态度和行为的多种因素之间的联系。通过同时在(I)低收入家庭家庭、(Ii)社区组织(如Head Start教室)和(Iii)通过公共电视同时使用互动教育媒体和活动，拟议的沉浸式计划承诺提供营养教育机会，增强儿童关于健康话题的沟通能力，并促进代际沟通，以培养整个家庭持续的健康饮食习惯。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Striking changes in dietary patterns and decreases in physical activity have driven the prevalence of obesity among American children to epidemic proportions; low-income and ethnic minority families are especially vulnerable to the socio-economic barriers that influence obesity, with Latino populations being the most severely affected. The proposed interactive, bilingual children's nutrition education curriculum is uniquely poised to fill the gaps in intergenerational health education and has the capacity to change the paradigm of obesity prevention in underserved, linguistically isolated communities through its attention to the interconnected relationships among the family, community-based care settings, and the powerful weight of national and local media. These layers of influence comprise the social ecological model (SEM), which this proposal utilizes as a framework to explore the linkages among the multiple influences on children's nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. Through the concurrent use of interactive, educational media and activities in (i) low-income family homes, (ii) community-based organizations such as Head Start classrooms, and (iii) through public television, the proposed immersive program promises to provide exposure to nutrition education, enhance children's communication abilities regarding health topics, and promote intergenerational communication to foster sustained healthy dietary habits for the entire family.