Feeding Practices and Styles Used by a Diverse Sample of Low-Income Parents of Preschool-age Children

Autor/inn/en	Ventura, Alison K.; Gromis, Judy C.; Lohse, Barbara
Titel	Feeding Practices and Styles Used by a Diverse Sample of Low-Income Parents of Preschool-age Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 42 (2010) 4, S.242-249 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1499-4046
DOI	10.1016/j.jneb.2009.06.002
Schlagwörter	Parent Attitudes; Nutrition; Nutrition Instruction; Eating Habits; Low Income Groups; Parents; Young Children; Interviews; Questionnaires; Urban Areas; Racial Differences; Asian Americans; African Americans; Parenting Styles; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Ernährung; Nutrition education; Ernährungserziehung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Eltern; Frühe Kindheit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fragebogen; Urban area; Stadtregion; Rassenunterschied; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Afroamerikaner
Abstract	Objective: To describe the feeding practices and styles used by a diverse sample of low-income parents of preschool-age children. Design: Thirty- to 60-minute meetings involving a semistructured interview and 2 questionnaires administered by the interviewer. Setting: Low-income communities in Philadelphia, PA. Participants: Thirty-two parents of 2- to 6-year-old children. Phenomena of Interest: The feeding practices and styles of low-income parents of preschoolers. Analysis: Qualitative interviews analyzed iteratively following a thematic approach; quantitative data analyzed using nonparametric and chi-square tests. Results: Qualitative analyses revealed parents used a myriad of feeding practices to accomplish child-feeding goals. Racial/ethnic differences were seen; East Asian parents used more child-focused decision-making processes, whereas black parents used more parent-focused decision-making processes. Quantitative analyses substantiated racial/ethnic differences; black parents placed significantly higher demands on children for the amounts (H = 5.89, 2 df, P = 0.05; Kruskal-Wallis) and types (H = 8.39, 2 df, P = 0.01; Kruskal-Wallis) of food eaten compared to parents of other races/ethnicities. In contrast, significantly higher proportions of East Asian parents were classified as having an indulgent feeding style compared to black parents and parents of other races/ethnicities (X[superscript 2][4, n = 32] = 9.29, P less than 0.05). Conclusions and Implications: Findings provide support for tailoring nutrition education programs to meet the diverse needs of this target audience. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10