Developing a Measure of Behavior Change in a Program to Help Low-Income Parents Prevent Unhealthful Weight Gain in Children

Autor/inn/en	Dickin, Katherine L.; Lent, Megan; Lu, Angela H.; Sequeira, Joran; Dollahite, Jamie S.
Titel	Developing a Measure of Behavior Change in a Program to Help Low-Income Parents Prevent Unhealthful Weight Gain in Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 44 (2012) 1, S.12-21 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1499-4046
DOI	10.1016/j.jneb.2011.02.015
Schlagwörter	Check Lists; Intervention; Physical Activities; Extension Education; Nutrition; Validity; Parenting Styles; Behavior Modification; Reliability; Low Income; Prevention; Eating Habits; Play; Parent Child Relationship; Interviews; Food; Children; Questionnaires; Correlation; Scores; Measures (Individuals); Family Environment; Body Weight; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Checkliste; Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Ernährung; Gültigkeit; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Reliabilität; Niedriglohn; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Spiel; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lebensmittel; Child; Kind; Kinder; Fragebogen; Korrelation; Messdaten; Familienmilieu; Körpergewicht
Abstract	Objective: To develop and test a brief measure of changes in eating, active play, and parenting practices after an intervention to help parents shape children's choices and home environments. Design: Sequential phases of development and testing: expert panel review, cognitive testing interviews, field testing, test-retest study, and assessment of convergence with detailed previously validated instruments. Setting and Participants: Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), New York State. Low-income parents of 3- to 11-year-old children; Cooperative Extension nutrition and parenting educators. Main Outcome Measures: Questionnaire reliability, validity, respondent comprehension, and feasibility of use in program contexts. Analysis: Qualitative analysis of item comprehension. Correlational analysis of test-retest reliability and convergent validity. Results: A behavior checklist was developed to assess change in parent-reported family eating, physical activity, and parenting practices addressed by an intervention. The checklist was feasible for use in EFNEP and questions were understood as intended. Test-retest reliability was good (r = 0.83) and scores correlated significantly (range, 0.25 to -0.60; P less than 0.05) with detailed measures of dietary habits, parental modeling, physical activity, and home environment. Conclusions and Implications: Development and testing in a program context produced a tool community nutritionists can use to evaluate educational interventions aimed at helping parents promote healthful eating and activity. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10