scholarly journals P124 A Qualitative Study of the Attitudes and Practices of Hispanic Mothers of Young Children Around Feeding Practices and Food Choices

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (7) ◽  
pp. S88
Author(s):  
Cynthia Lebron ◽  
Tamisha Guzman ◽  
Yaray Agosto ◽  
Danielle Sutton ◽  
Mark Stoutenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Hispanic Mothers

scholarly journals A positive deviance-based qualitative study of stress, coping, and feeding practices among low-income, Hispanic mothers whose children do versus do not meet guidelines for fruit and vegetable intake

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 584-604
Author(s):  
Eleanor Shonkoff ◽  
Sara C Folta ◽  
Theodore Fitopoulos ◽  
Cynthia N Ramirez ◽  
Ricky Bluthenthal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Hispanic Mothers

Abstract Less than 1% of children in the United States concurrently meet guidelines for fruit/vegetable intake, physical activity, screen time, and sugar-sweetened beverages. Prior evidence suggests that parents of this 1% potentially cope with stress differently. This qualitative study used a positive deviance-based approach to locate mothers whose children avoided negative feeding outcomes despite being ‘high-risk’ for obesity. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in Spanish for two groups: low-income, Hispanic mothers whose children were normal weight and met recommendations for fruits/vegetables and physical activity (n = 5); and a comparison group whose children had obesity and did not meet guidelines (n = 8). Topics included weight-related parenting practices, attitudes toward health, and stress management. Interviews were transcribed, translated, and coded using NVivo for theoretically driven thematic analysis. Results suggested that mothers viewed stress differently. Mothers of healthy weight children believed stress could be prevented, such as by paying children more attention or directing one’s attention away from stressors; comparison group mothers tended to report stress about managing their child’s eating and about financial worries. Future research is needed to understand the underlying sources of these differences (e.g. personality traits, coping practices) and test whether stress prevention interventions can promote healthy parental feeding practices.

A Qualitative Study of Cognitive, Behavioral, and Environmental Influences on Hispanic Mothers’ Early Childhood Feeding Practices

Appetite ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 105268
Author(s):  
Cynthia N. Lebron ◽  
Yaray Agosto ◽  
Tamisha Guzman ◽  
Danielle Sutton ◽  
Mark Stoutenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Hispanic Mothers

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Australian Trainee Childcare Educators Regarding Their Role in the Feeding Behaviours of Young Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3712
Author(s):  
Penelope Love ◽  
Melissa Walsh ◽  
Karen J. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Child Feeding Practices ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Background: Early childhood (2–5 years) is acknowledged as a critical time for the establishment of healthy behaviours. The increasing number of children and amount of time spent in childcare provides strong rationale to explore the important role that childcare services and childcare educators play in influencing healthy eating behaviours of young children in their care. Methods: This study used a qualitative exploratory approach to describe the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Australian childcare trainee educators’ regarding their role in the feeding of young children. Results: All participants agreed that feeding of young children was an important part of their role, but described challenges to the promotion of healthy eating and the adoption of responsive child feeding practices. These included personal beliefs and experiences with food, the bi-directional nature of child feeding, conflicting parental requests and/or unsupportive centre-based policies and procedures. Conclusion: Training about responsive child feeding practices within the childcare sector should include all childcare staff; aim to enhance relational efficacy and communication skills with parents; and empower childcare staff to lead organisational change. To support this, childcare centres need to provide coherent centre-based healthy eating policies inclusive of healthy food provision and desirable feeding practices.

Determinants of Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in Lower Egypt: A Community- Based Cross-Sectional Survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nehal El koofy ◽  
Eman Mohamed Ibraheim Moawad ◽  
Safaa Tawfik ◽  
Doaa Hamed Mohamed El-Sabakhawi
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Nile Delta ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Parental Occupation ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Infants And Young Children

Abstract Background: The optimal feeding practice in infants and young children is the key in shaping their adequate growth and development. Methods: The study aimed to explore the multiple interactions that influence the complexity of infant feeding in Egypt and acknowledge the common beliefs, attitudes and practices regarding breastfeeding and weaning process. Energy and nutrients daily intake provided by complementary foods was also investigated. Structured interview survey gathering data on maternal feeding practices related to infants and young children, clinical and nutritional status of infants and their nutrient daily intake was administered to 235 mother-infant pairs recruited from Nile Delta. Results: Exclusive breastfeeding was significantly reported in 55.8% (p < 0.001), being optimum in only 8.9 % of infants and significantly predicted in mothers aged 25-29 years. The complementary feeding started at ≥ 6 months in 58.3 % of infants and significantly based on commercial recipes ((p < 0.001). Cessation of breastfeeding (34.5 %) was mainly associated with maternal perception of insufficient breast milk (16.2 %) and significantly associated with female gender (p<0.001), rural residence (p<0.001), maternal age (25-29 years), parental occupation and paternal education (p<0.001). Calcium (58.7 %), vitamin B2 (45.1 %) and vitamin C (55.7 %) were the only nutrients adequately consumed. Conclusions: In Egypt, infant and young feeding practices are still far from the recommended levels. Collaboration between government entities and non-profit organizations is required to improve maternal knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and practices.

scholarly journals How Do Five- to Six-Year-Old Children Interpret a Burning Candle?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Vanessa Sesto ◽  
Isabel García-Rodeja
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Previous Learning ◽  
Science Activities

Many studies have been conducted in recent years on the explanations given by preschool-age children about different natural phenomena. Nonetheless, very few studies have actually focused on the important domain of matter and its transformations. Specifically, the field of chemical reactions remains unexplored. This qualitative study aims to investigate the explanations of twenty-two 5- to 6-year-old children about combustion, while at the same time evaluating the effect of prior experience with science activities on their interpretations. For this study, the following experiment was proposed: burning a candle inside an inverted vessel. The following data collection tools were used: a Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) strategy and audio and video recordings. The children’s explanations were analysed using classification frameworks, which had been developed in previous studies. The results of this study suggest that young children tend to provide naturalistic explanations about combustion. This finding is an indicator that young children are able to construct mental representations within this conceptual domain. Likewise, the results indicate that children who are used to engaging in inquiry-based activities may be more likely to establish a relationship with previous learning experiences to interpret other natural phenomena.

scholarly journals NICU and postpartum nurse perspectives on involving fathers in newborn care: a qualitative study

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine W. Buek ◽  
Dagoberto Cortez ◽  
Dorothy J. Mandell
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Provider Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Sense Of Efficacy

Abstract Background Perinatal care nurses are well positioned to provide the education and support new fathers need to navigate the transition to fatherhood and to encourage positive father involvement from the earliest hours of a child’s life. To effectively serve fathers in perinatal settings, it is important to understand the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of healthcare providers that may encourage and engage them, or alternatively alienate and discourage them. Methods This qualitative study involved structured interviews with ten NICU and postpartum nurses from hospitals in two large Texas cities. The interview protocol was designed to elicit descriptive information about nurses’ attitudes and beliefs, sense of efficacy and intention for working with fathers, as well as their father-directed behaviors. Nurses were recruited for the study using a purposive sampling approach. Interviews were conducted by telephone and lasted approximately 25 to 35 min. Data were analyzed using a qualitative descriptive approach. Results Overall, study participants held very positive subjective attitudes toward fathers and father involvement. Nevertheless, many of the nurses signaled normative beliefs based on race/ethnicity, gender, and culture that may moderate their intention to engage with fathers. Participants also indicated that their education as well as the culture of perinatal healthcare are focused almost entirely on the mother-baby dyad. In line with this focus on mothers, participants comments reflected a normative belief that fathers are secondary caregivers to their newborns, there to help when the mother is unavailable. Conclusions Nurse attitudes and practices that place mothers in the role of primary caregiver may be interpreted by fathers as excluding or disregarding them. Further research is needed to validate the results of this small-scale study, and to assess whether and how provider attitudes impact their practices in educating and engaging fathers in newborn care.

scholarly journals Diet, Nutrition, and Oral Health: What Influences Mother’s Decisions on What to Feed Their Young Children?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 8159
Author(s):  
Amit Arora ◽  
Louise Chew ◽  
Kaye Kang ◽  
Lily Tang ◽  
Mohamed Estai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Study Participants

The purpose of this study was to learn about mothers’ experiences with food choices for their pre-school children in underprivileged communities in Greater Western Sydney (GWS). A total of 20 mother-child dyads living in GWS were recruited to a qualitative study from an ongoing birth cohort study. Participants’ houses were visited for semi-structured interviews, which were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed thematically. The interviews yielded five main themes: (i) food choices, nutrition, and health; (ii) accessibility and availability of foods (iii) buying time for parents; (iv) child’s age and their preference on food choices; (v) conditioning certain behaviours by family and cultural factors. Nutrition literacy, child’s preferences, unhealthy food intake by family members, child’s demand, advertising and availability of harmful foods, and time constraints were all mentioned as hurdles to mothers making appropriate meal choices for their children. However, some identified facilitators were promoting parents’ knowledge, increasing access to health educational materials, upskilling mothers to providing healthier alternatives, regulating the marketing of unhealth foods. Although, the present study identified critical factors that influence mothers’ food choices for their young children, making healthy food choices is a complex practice as it is shaped by individual, social and environmental influences.

scholarly journals General Parenting and Hispanic Mothers’ Feeding Practices and Styles

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 380
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Power ◽  
Jennifer O. Fisher ◽  
Teresia M. O'Connor ◽  
Nilda Micheli ◽  
Maria A. Papaioannou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Feeding Styles ◽  
Hispanic Mothers ◽  
Parenting Dimensions ◽  
Head Start Programs ◽  
Maternal Feeding Practices ◽  
General Parenting

Previous research has shown that general parenting styles, general parenting dimensions, maternal feeding styles, and maternal feeding practices all show specific relationships with the weight status of young children. This study examined the relationships between general parenting and maternal feeding styles/practices in a sample of 187 Hispanic mothers with low incomes. As part of a larger study, mothers of preschool children were recruited through Head Start programs and completed validated questionnaires assessing their general parenting, feeding styles, and feeding practices. Results identified numerous associations between general parenting dimensions and specific feeding practices: i.e., maternal nurturance was positively associated with healthy eating guidance and feeding responsiveness; inconsistency was positively associated with restriction for weight and promotion of overconsumption; follow through on discipline was positively associated with monitoring, healthy eating guidance, and feeding responsiveness; and family organization was positively associated with monitoring and healthy eating guidance. General parenting styles were associated with feeding practices as well, with authoritative mothers showing the highest levels of healthy eating guidance and authoritarian mothers showing the lowest levels of monitoring. There were no significant associations between mothers’ general parenting styles and mothers’ feeding styles. Implications of these findings for the prevention of childhood obesity are considered.

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