scholarly journals Peruvian Parents Perceptions of Children's Obesity

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Trejo ◽  
Mary Shaw-Ridley
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Parental Behavior ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Child’S Weight

Although parents are critical to childhood obesity prevention, little is known about Peruvian parents' perceptions regarding childhood obesity, a country undergoing an emerging obesity epidemic. The study assessed Peruvian parents' perceptions regarding their children's obesity risks and behaviors. The specific objectives were to: (a) assess the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of parents regarding nutrition and physical activity of their preschool-aged children, and (b) assess parents’ ability to recognize overweight status in their children. Methods: The cross-sectional study surveyed 202 parents of preschool children (Mean age= 49.4 months, SD = 8.5) in the peri-urban slum communities of Lima, Peru utilizing a modified version of the Behavior and Attitudes Questionnaire for Healthy Habits (BAQ-HH) questionnaire. Children's body mass index (BMI) was compared with parental descriptions of the child's weight. Results: Nearly half (41.3%) of children had exceeded healthy weight (defined as BMI- for-age Z- score >-2 and £1). Parents demonstrated high knowledge, positive behaviors, and concerned attitudes. Parental knowledge and attitude scores predicted parental behavior scores (p=0.004). More than half (56.6%) accurately perceived their child's weight. However, 90.4% of parents of overweight/obese children underestimated their weight. Conclusions: Understanding Peruvian parents' perceptions of their children's obesity risk is essential to planning comprehensive interventions.

scholarly journals Parental knowledge, attitude and practice on malaria in Mandailing Natal district

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Syafruddin Haris ◽  
Sri Sofyani ◽  
Bidasari Lubis ◽  
Munar Lubis ◽  
Syahril Pasaribu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Centre ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background Malaria is still considered to be an important healthproblem in Indonesia. Malaria has been found in islands withdifferent degree of endemicity. Behavior of the community isone of the factors affecting the incidence of malaria in MandailingNatal district.Objective To know the parental knowledge, attitude, and practiceamong parents whose children suffered from malaria or not.Methods A cross sectional study was conducted in six primaryschools and one health centre in October 2004. Subjects wereparents whose children were malaria positive and malaria negativebased on laboratory examination. Sample size was 85 parents foreach group. Selected respondents were interviewed usingstructured questionnaire. Degree of knowledge, attitude, andpractice on malaria were established using scoring system withinthree categories: good, less, and poor. Data were collected andpresented using chi-square and P<0.05 was considered as a levelof significant.Results The mean age of 85 parents whose children were positivemalaria, was 38.47 years (SD 6.67) and the mean age of thosewhose children were negative malaria was 40.41 years (SD 8.05).Parent’s education level was 62.9% primary school and 90% oftheir children were school-aged. There were significant differenceson parental knowledge, attitude and practice in each group(P<0.05). There was also a significant correlation betweenoccupation and knowledge, but not between parental educationlevel and parental age. Parental knowledge and attitude on theincidence of malaria in Mandailing Natal district were good,though their practice were poor.Conclusion There are significant differences on parentalknowledge, attitude and practice, between parents whose childrenwere positive and negative for malaria.

scholarly journals THE AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS VACCINATION IN MAKKAH REGION, SAUDI ARABIA, 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 597-602
Author(s):  
Ayman Bakr ◽  
◽  
Sarah Alhamyani ◽  
Raghad Alqurashi ◽  
Amal Alnemari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
P Value ◽  
Attitude Score ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The Impact

In the last few years there have been a lot of argument and false accusations about vaccination, resulting in decrease the rate of vaccines uptake. Researches has shown that parents vaccines compliance are highly influence by many factors. This study aims to understand the reasons behind vaccine hesitancy and if the parents believe in the existence of the preventable diseases by vaccination? In this context, vaccine hesitancy defined as delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of vaccinations. This was a cross- sectional study conducted across Makkah, Jeddah, and Taif city. An online survey was distributed in period between 1 September – 1 November targeting Saudi parents of all children under the age of 12 randomly. The survey included demographics data, parental knowledge and attitude, vaccine hesitancy prevalence. The sample size was 384. Descriptive statistics were used to evaluate the association between knowledge and awareness to vaccines uptake. Analysis of the responses demonstrate that 93.6% of the sample study favor of vaccines, 6.1% of the sample study not favor of vaccines because they dont have adequate knowledge on vaccines, 2.5% of them think that vaccines are not important, 3.8% of them think that vaccines can cause harmful effects over its benefits, 1.5% of them have previous bad experience regarding vaccination. We found significant relation between knowledge and attitude score to the education level with level of significance 95% (p-value <0.05).Risingthe society education can help in minimizing the impact of vaccine hesitancy problem.

scholarly journals Addressing childhood obesity - Are we doing enough?

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Borg ◽  
D Cauchi ◽  
N Calleja ◽  
C Gauci
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Food System ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health

Abstract Background The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity is increasing worldwide, with Malta having one of the highest rates among European countries. Childhood obesity is likely to track into adulthood, and can have multiple physical and psychological health outcomes. It also causes a substantial economic burden on society. A cross-sectional study that aimed to identify barriers to maintaining a healthy weight among children attending primary school, and to assess the level of support for a range of policies aimed at addressing childhood obesity as expressed by their parents/guardians, was conducted in Malta. Methods Data were collected using a paper-based questionnaire that was distributed to a stratified random sample of parents whose children attended free State schools, subsidised Church schools and fee-paying Independent primary schools in Malta and Gozo in 2018. Data were analysed using SPSSv25. Results Responses from 1169 parents were received. There was a dissonance between the most common barriers identified, that were primarily related to the food environment, and the policies that received the most support. Providing more spaces for safe physical activity was the most supported policy (94% in favour). Participants were least supportive of taxation policies, a phenomenon also observed in other countries. The level of support for policies varied significantly by various demographic and socioeconomic factors. Conclusions Recommendations were developed to inform future policies and strategies to address obesity. Policymakers need to take bold, possibly controversial decisions to mitigate against the barriers faced by the population in accessing healthy food and being physically active. Given the globalised nature of media advertising and the food system, a joint international effort is necessary to address this epidemic, such as stricter audio-visual media advertising regulations, food reformulation and mandatory standardised food labels. Key messages The majority of participants supported most of the proposed policies to address obesity. Taxation policies received the least support. Most policies supported are trans-sectoral, therefore a health-in-all policies approach and international collaboration are necessary.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 vaccination acceptance in West India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1170
Author(s):  
Shibal Bhartiya ◽  
Nishant Kumar ◽  
Tarundeep Singh ◽  
Sathiabalan Murugan ◽  
Saranya Rajavel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vaccine Safety ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
The People ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Vaccine Availability

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected more than 200 countries causing loss of life and livelihood. The accelerated development of the COVID-19 vaccine is a vital development, and early data suggests that it is both, safe and efficacious. However, the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine depends on various socio-demographic characteristics. The aim of this study was to understand the knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine in India.  Methods: This is a cross-sectional study done in an urban slum in Mumbai, India. The main outcome variable was the responses related to COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among the study participants.Results: A total of 1342 participants were included in the study. Almost two thirds (64.5%) of the young adults aged between 18 and 40 years were unaware about the COVID-19 vaccine availability, followed by 56.4% person aged between 40 and 60 years and 46.2% of the persons aged more than 60 years were unaware about the vaccine availability. Among the study participants, nearly 79% were willing to take COVID-19 vaccine when it is available for use and only 2% did not want the vaccination. More than 2/3rd of the people who responded that they are willing to accept the COVID vaccine belong to the no income group.Conclusions: The most important factor for vaccine hesitancy is the occurrence of mild or serious adverse effects following immunization. Vaccine acceptability may be increased once additional information about vaccine safety and efficacy is available in the public domain, preferably from a trusted, centralized source of information.  

scholarly journals Parental perception of child weight and its association with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours: a Chinese national study

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1671-1680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Zhang ◽  
Li Cai ◽  
Jin Jing ◽  
Lu Ma ◽  
Jun Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
National Study ◽  
Parental Perception ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Actual Weight ◽  
Child Weight ◽  
Parenting Behaviours ◽  
Child’S Weight

AbstractObjectiveParents commonly fail to correctly recognize the weight status of their child. Whether parental perception of child weight is associated with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours is unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the distribution of parental perception of child weight and its associations with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours in China.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingSeven provinces in China.SubjectsA total of 47 417 children aged 6–17 years and their parents were included from a national survey in 2013. Parental perception of child weight, weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours were self-reported. Child’s weight and height were objectively measured.ResultsA total of 30·5 % of parents underestimated and 8·7 % overestimated the child’s weight. Parental underestimation was more common among younger children, boys and children with a lower BMI Z-score. Parents who perceived that their child had a healthy weight (accurately or inaccurately) were more likely to prepare breakfast for the child, exercise with him/her, set apart his/her exercise time, restrict his/her screen time, and were less likely to store soft drinks for the child. Children perceived to have a healthy weight, regardless of their actual weight status, behaved healthier on dietary intake, physical activity and homework time.ConclusionsParental underestimation of their child’s weight was prominent in China, especially among younger children, boys and children with a lower BMI Z-score. Parental recognition of their child being overweight did not appear to translate into healthy changes in weight-related parenting behaviours or child behaviours.

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude of married men towards vasectomy in an urban slum of Navi Mumbai

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 4563
Author(s):  
Ganesh R. Nair ◽  
Rishikesh Wadke ◽  
Nisha Relwani ◽  
Virendra Mahadik ◽  
Seema Anjenaya
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Communication Approach

Background: India’s total fertility rate has been 2.2 in 2016, which is not far from replacement levels of 2.1. Tubectomy has been able to achieve this to a good extent, however vasectomy which is a far safer and effective method, isn’t still popular amongst men due to gender bias in our country. This study intends to understand the reasons for gap in the demand for vasectomy. The objective was to assess knowledge and attitude of married men towards vasectomy. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out amongst 121 married men selected by simple random sampling, in the age group of 21 to 50 years and who hadn’t undergone vasectomy. A pretested structured questionnaire was used to assess knowledge. Respondents’ attitude was measured on 4 point Likert’s scale. Data was analysed using SPSS software version 21. Results: 70.2% men were aware of vasectomy. Main sources of information were mass media (42.35%), family and friends (29.41%) and doctors (24.7%). 47.1% of respondents felt that men should not undergo vasectomy. The main reasons given for disapproval were “women are best suited for sterilization procedure” (68.42%), “Vasectomy can make men impotent”(14.03%), “Leads to general weakness and blood loss” (13.03%), “Can’t do heavy work” (11.5%) and “Fear of surgery”(5.7%). Only 16.5% men agreed that vasectomy is better than tubectomy. Conclusions: In our country there is a clear gender bias towards tubectomy as men are reluctant to undergo vasectomy. Thus there is an urgent need to intensify the behavioural change communication approach which will enable to improve knowledge and change men’s attitude towards vasectomy. 

Prevalence of childhood obesity in a northeastern Ontario city--a cross-sectional study

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Foyez Haque ◽  
Alberto de la Rocha ◽  
Betty Ann Horbul ◽  
Patricia Desroches ◽  
Craig Orrell
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional
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