Identifying Barriers, Perceptions and Motivations Related to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity among 6th to 8th Grade, Rural, Limited-Resource Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Kumar, Janavi; Adhikari, Koushik; Li, Yijing; Lindshield, Erika; Muturi, Nancy; Kidd, Tandalayo
Titel	Identifying Barriers, Perceptions and Motivations Related to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity among 6th to 8th Grade, Rural, Limited-Resource Adolescents
Quelle	In: Health Education, 116 (2016) 2, S.123-137 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-4283
DOI	10.1108/HE-03-2014-0035
Schlagwörter	Barriers; Motivation; Attitudes; Eating Habits; Health Behavior; Physical Activity Level; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Early Adolescents; Rural Areas; Focus Groups; Parent Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Middle Schools; Food; Knowledge Level; Nutrition; Physical Education; Athletics; Video Games; Peer Influence; Semi Structured Interviews; Kansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Elternverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lebensmittel; Wissensbasis; Ernährung; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Leichtathletik; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to enable community members to discuss their perceptions of eating habits and physical activity in relation to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, and reveal facilitators and barriers to healthy eating behavior and physical activity engagement. Design/methodology/approach: Nine focus groups, which included six groups from sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, two parents' groups, and one teachers' group, were conducted in a middle school in southwest Kansas. Individual influences, social influences, and larger contextual influences on early adolescent health were assessed by discussing behaviors, personal characteristics, and environmental factors, based on the Socio-Ecological Model (SEM). Findings: Adolescent participants' knowledge regarding healthful foods was limited. Taste and appearance were the two leading factors that contributed to food choices. Responses from adolescents, parents, and teachers all indicated difficulties when introducing new and healthful food items into adolescents' diets. Besides physical education (PE) and school-related sports, the sources for physical activity were limited. Certain video games were specified as facilitators of physical activity by adolescents. Peer pressure was a predominant theme motivating most adolescents' physical activities as well as food choices. These findings suggest numerous interrelated factors associated with healthy lifestyle in the population of this study. Originality/value: By involving adolescents in the in-depth open-ended discussion through the focus groups helped reveal their unique attitudes, perceptions, and motivations toward practicing healthy lifestyles. Interventions targeting both behavior change and environmental change are needed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01