Using Social Network Analysis to Identify Key Child Care Center Staff for Obesity Prevention Interventions : A Pilot Study
المؤلفون المشاركون
Foulkes, Chad
Hawe, Penelope
Marks, Jennifer
Allender, Steven
Barnett, Lisa M.
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2013، العدد 2013 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2013)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2013-08-05
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Introduction.
Interest has grown in how systems thinking could be used in obesity prevention.
Relationships between key actors, represented by social networks, are an important focus for considering intervention in systems.
Method.
Two long day care centers were selected in which previous obesity prevention programs had been implemented.
Measures showed ways in which physical activity and dietary policy are conversations and actions transacted through social networks (interrelationships) within centers, via an eight item closed-ended social network questionnaire.
Questionnaire data were collected from (17/20; response rate 85%) long day care center staff.
Social network density and centrality statistics were calculated, using UCINET social network software, to examine the role of networks in obesity prevention.
Results.
“Degree” (influence) and “betweeness” (gatekeeper) centrality measures of staff inter-relationships about physical activity, dietary, and policy information identified key players in each center.
Network density was similar and high on some relationship networks in both centers but markedly different in others, suggesting that the network tool identified unique center social dynamics.
These differences could potentially be the focus of future team capacity building.
Conclusion.
Social network analysis is a feasible and useful method to identify existing obesity prevention networks and key personnel in long day care centers.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Marks, Jennifer& Barnett, Lisa M.& Foulkes, Chad& Hawe, Penelope& Allender, Steven. 2013. Using Social Network Analysis to Identify Key Child Care Center Staff for Obesity Prevention Interventions : A Pilot Study. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508138
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Marks, Jennifer…[et al.]. Using Social Network Analysis to Identify Key Child Care Center Staff for Obesity Prevention Interventions : A Pilot Study. Journal of Obesity No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508138
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Marks, Jennifer& Barnett, Lisa M.& Foulkes, Chad& Hawe, Penelope& Allender, Steven. Using Social Network Analysis to Identify Key Child Care Center Staff for Obesity Prevention Interventions : A Pilot Study. Journal of Obesity. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508138
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-508138
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر