Low Pertussis Immunity in Teen 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.

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Hispanic Maternal Perception of Preschoolers’ Bodyweight Status in Samples from the United States of America and Mexico

Current Developments in Nutrition ◽

10.1093/cdn/nzaa054_173 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽

pp. 1101-1101

Author(s):

Summer Wilmoth ◽

Yolanda Flores-Peña ◽

Leah Carrillo ◽

Elana Martinez ◽

Erica Sosa ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Childhood Obesity ◽

Obesity Prevention ◽

Weight Status ◽

The United States ◽

Overweight And Obesity ◽

Actual Rate ◽

Actual Weight ◽

Hispanic Mothers ◽

The Us

Abstract Objectives Childhood obesity is a major public health concern, which disproportionally affects Hispanic children in the United States (US) and Mexico. Mothers are key influencers to their children's health and growth. As part of a pilot obesity prevention study, Hispanic mothers’ perception of their preschoolers’ weight status was assessed to inform the development of intervention strategies. Methods Study subjects were Hispanic mothers and their preschoolers between the ages of 3 and 5 enrolled in participating Head Star Centers in Texas, US or kindergartens in Northern Mexico. Upon informed consent, mothers completed a self-administered questionnaire assessing their perception of their preschoolers’ weight status. Preschoolers’ body weight and height were measured; and their actual weight status was classified using the CDC's age and gender specific BMI references. Results Preliminary data included 85 and 294 child-mother pairs from US and Mexico, respectively. The US sample had a higher rate of overweight and obesity (35%) in comparison to the Mexico sample (19%). There was a great discrepancy between mothers’ perception and their children's actual weight status in both samples. Although only approximately 5% of children were underweight, 14% of American and 24% of Mexican mothers perceived their children being underweight. Contrarily, only 4.8% of American mothers perceived their children as a little overweight or obese, as compared to the actual rate of 35%. Similarly, only 5% of Mexican mothers perceived their children as a little overweight or obese, as compared to the actual rate of 19%. Conclusions Hispanic mothers in the US and Mexico appear to worry about their normal weight children being underweight, while overlooking the overweight and obesity problem. Early childhood obesity prevention programming is needed to aggressively address Hispanic mothers’ preference of chubby children, and the mothers’ underestimation of overweight and obesity among their preschoolers. Funding Sources The Mexico's National Science and Technology Council & The Kellogg´s Institute of Nutrition and Health.

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General Parenting and Hispanic Mothers’ Feeding Practices and Styles

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18020380 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 380

Author(s):

Thomas G. Power ◽

Jennifer O. Fisher ◽

Teresia M. O'Connor ◽

Nilda Micheli ◽

Maria A. Papaioannou ◽

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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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Hispanic Mothers' Beliefs and Practices Regarding Selected Children's Health Problems

Western Journal of Nursing Research ◽

10.1177/019394599401600603 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 623-638 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Blanche I. Mikhail

Keyword(s):

Health Problems ◽

Children's Health ◽

Children’S Health ◽

Beliefs And Practices ◽

Hispanic Mothers

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Direct and Mediated Effects of Nativity and Other Indicators of Acculturation on Hispanic Mothers’ Use of Physical Aggression

Child Maltreatment ◽

10.1177/1077559511421523 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 262-274 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Inna Altschul ◽

Shawna J. Lee

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Parenting Stress ◽

Physical Aggression ◽

The United States ◽

Religious Attendance ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Maternal Aggression ◽

Maternal Alcohol ◽

Hispanic Mothers

This study used data from 845 foreign-born ( n = 328) and native-U.S. born ( n = 517) Hispanic mothers who participated in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to examine four indicators of acculturation—nativity, years lived in the United States, religious attendance, and endorsement of traditional gender norms—as predictors of maternal physical aggression directed toward young children. The authors also examined whether psychosocial risk factors associated with child maltreatment and acculturation—maternal alcohol use, depression, parenting stress, and intimate partner aggression and violence—mediate relationships between acculturation and maternal aggression. Foreign-born Hispanic mothers had significantly lower rates of physical aggression than native-born Hispanic mothers. In path modeling results, U.S. nativity, along with maternal alcohol use, parenting stress, and child aggressive behavior, emerged as the strongest risk factors for maternal physical aggression. Among the four acculturation indicators, only foreign birth was directly associated with lower maternal aggression. Study findings suggest immigrant status is a unique protective factor that contributes to lower levels of physical aggression among Hispanic mothers.

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Factors Influencing Exclusive Breastfeeding at 4 Months Postpartum in a Sample of Urban Hispanic Mothers in Kentucky

Journal of Human Lactation ◽

10.1177/0890334414565711 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 307-314 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Ana Maria Linares ◽

Mary K. Rayens ◽

Ann Dozier ◽

Amanda Wiggins ◽

Mark B. Dignan

Keyword(s):

Exclusive Breastfeeding ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Hispanic Mothers

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Strategies to Improve Mother's Own Milk Expression in Black and Hispanic Mothers of Premature Infants

Advances in Neonatal Care ◽

10.1097/anc.0000000000000866 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽

Author(s):

Diana Cartagena ◽

Jacqueline M. McGrath ◽

Barbara Reyna ◽

Leslie A. Parker ◽

Joleen McInnis

Keyword(s):

Premature Infants ◽

Hispanic Mothers ◽

Mother’S Own Milk

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Means-Tested Safety Net Programs and Hispanic Families: Evidence from Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ◽

10.1177/00027162211046591 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 696 (1) ◽

pp. 274-305

Author(s):

Marianne Bitler ◽

Lisa A. Gennetian ◽

Christina Gibson-Davis ◽

Marcos A. Rangel

Keyword(s):

Safety Net ◽

Program Participation ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Supplemental Nutrition ◽

Assistance Program ◽

Hispanic Families ◽

Hispanic Mothers ◽

Nutrition Assistance ◽

Antipoverty Programs ◽

Immigrant Politics

Hispanic families have historically used means-tested assistance less than high-poverty peers, and one explanation for this may be that anti-immigrant politics and policies are a barrier to program participation. We document the participation of Hispanic children in three antipoverty programs by age and parental citizenship and the correlation of participation with state immigrant-based restrictions. Hispanic citizen children with citizen parents participate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid more than Hispanic citizen children with noncitizen parents. Foreign-born Hispanic mothers use Medicaid less than their socioeconomic status would suggest. However, little evidence exists that child participation in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) varies by mother’s nativity: foreign-born mothers of Hispanic infants participate in WIC at higher rates than U.S.-born Hispanic mothers. State policies that restrict immigrant program use correlate to lower SNAP and Medicaid uptake among citizen children of foreign-born Hispanic mothers. WIC participation may be greater because it is delivered through nonprofit clinics, and WIC eligibility for immigrants is largely unrestricted.

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