Are we promoting boys and girls equally? An analysis of boys' and girls' participation in community prevention.

Autor/inn/en	Weyers, Simone; Kreffter, Katharina; Götz, Simon; Nguyen, Thuy Ha; Lisak-Wahl, Stefanie; Fischer, Inken; Wessely, Stefanie; Joisten, Christine
Titel	Are we promoting boys and girls equally? An analysis of boys' and girls' participation in community prevention. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Fördern wir Jungen und Mädchen gleichermaßen? Eine Analyse der Beteiligung von Jungen und Mädchen an der kommunalen Prävention.
Quelle	In: Journal of public health, 31 (2023) 11, S. 1875-188 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0943-1853; 1613-2238; 2198-1833
DOI	10.1007/s10389-022-01750-y
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Kindesentwicklung; Verhalten; Soziale Herkunft; Kindheit; Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied; Geschlechterforschung; Kind; Grundschule; Geschlechtsdifferenzierung; Ernährung; Gesundheit; Gesundheitsförderung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gemeinde (Kommune); Sozialer Einfluss; Soziologie; Prävention
Abstract	Aim: Despite consensus that prevention and health promotion need to address gender aspects and differences, not much is known about how boys and girls in infancy (or their parents) make use of existing non-medical community programmes. The aim of the study was therefore to analyse the extent to which boys and girls or their parents in distinct social circumstances participate in respective programmes. Subject and methods: We conducted secondary analyses for two study samples: The COLIPRE Study includes (n = 6.480) pre-schoolers from Duesseldorf; the SKILLS Study includes (n = 637) pre-schoolers and school children from Cologne. Social circumstances included parental education, employment status, family status, migration background, mother language and neighbourhood deprivation. Prevention participation included programmes for a healthy diet, physical activity, child education and language development. We used Poisson regressions to calculate prevalence ratios (PR) with 95% confidence interval (CI), adjusted for age, siblings and BMI, stratified for boys and girls. Results: In both studies, we observed no gender differences in general participation. Taking a range of social circumstances into account, we found that boys and girls with specific disadvantages were underrepresented in programmes to promote a healthy diet, physical activity and child education. By contrast, boys and girls with a migration background participate in language promotion programmes more often than their German-native peers. Conclusion: More effort should be put into developing programmes for boys and girls and their parents in difficult social circumstances. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2024/1