Parent adoption and implementation of obesity prevention practices through building children's asking skills at family child care homes.
Eval Program Plann
; 80: 101810, 2020 Feb 25.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Early childhood education programs provide a setting to reach children and parents to modify home environments to prevent obesity. The Healthy Opportunities for Physical Activity and Nutrition Home (HOP'N) Home project was a novel approach that linked Family Child Care Homes (FCCH) to home environments by developing children's asking skills for healthful home environmental change through curricular activities.OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the feasibility of engaging parents in obesity prevention practices through building children's asking skills at FCCH.METHODS:
FCCHs (nâ¯=â¯5 settings) and children (nâ¯=â¯25; aged 3-5â¯years; femaleâ¯=â¯36 %; non-Hispanic whiteâ¯=â¯91 %; low socioeconomic statusâ¯=â¯28 %; overweight/obeseâ¯=â¯52 %) and parents (nâ¯=â¯25) participated in a pre-post cohort design. We assessed children's body mass index and self-report variables at three time points. HOP'N Home included continuous staff training, group time, dramatic play, meal prompts, songs, and home activities.RESULTS:
FCCH providers implemented 83%-100% of intervention activities. All parents (100 %) adopted the program, most (87 %) returned completed homework activities to FCCHs, and over 90 % implemented changes in the home. Percent of overweight/obese children decreased from pre-intervention (50 %) to post-intervention (29 %,pâ¯=â¯0.06) and follow-up (38 %,pâ¯=â¯0.06).CONCLUSIONS:
It is feasible to build children's asking skills and pair this strategy with home activities to engage parents to prevent obesity.
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Eval Program Plann
Ano de publicação:
2020
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ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM