Factors Associated with Successful Mentoring of Parents Addressing Childhood Obesity: A Mixed Methods Approach

المؤلفون المشاركون

Foster, Byron Alexander
Villanueva, Gabriela Abigail

المصدر

International Journal of Pediatrics

العدد

المجلد 2016، العدد 2016 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2016)، ص ص. 1-7، 7ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2016-11-20

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

7

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص EN

Objective.

Parents mentoring other parents as a behavioral intervention for child obesity is novel with limited data describing the experience and dynamics of this approach.

This study aimed to describe the experiences of parent mentors and the self-efficacy and attitudes of their mentees in the context of a clinical trial for childhood obesity.

Methods.

The context for this study was a randomized clinical trial using either parent mentors or a community health worker engaging parents of obese children in behavioral change over six months.

Parent mentors were interviewed at the mid-point of the intervention using a semistructured questionnaire to elicit their perceptions and experiences during the process of mentoring.

Parent mentees completed a survey assessing their self-efficacy, perception of the parent mentor, and attitudes and beliefs related to their child’s weight.

Results.

The qualitative analysis of parent mentor interviews indicated high commitment despite their nonprofessional status, facing challenges of engagement with fellow parents and attitudes of persistence and being nonjudgmental.

The parent mentee ratings of parent mentors were overall very high and similar to the ratings of a community health worker (paraprofessional).

Conclusion.

The data suggest that a parent mentor model of intervention for child obesity is an acceptable mode of approaching behavior change in the Hispanic population around childhood obesity with potential for scalability if proven effective.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Villanueva, Gabriela Abigail& Foster, Byron Alexander. 2016. Factors Associated with Successful Mentoring of Parents Addressing Childhood Obesity: A Mixed Methods Approach. International Journal of Pediatrics،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106576

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Villanueva, Gabriela Abigail& Foster, Byron Alexander. Factors Associated with Successful Mentoring of Parents Addressing Childhood Obesity: A Mixed Methods Approach. International Journal of Pediatrics No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106576

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Villanueva, Gabriela Abigail& Foster, Byron Alexander. Factors Associated with Successful Mentoring of Parents Addressing Childhood Obesity: A Mixed Methods Approach. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106576

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1106576