A Digital Program Informs Low-Income Caregivers of Preschool-age Children about Family Meals

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• 作者：Barbara Lohse ; PhD ; RD ; LDN¹ ; ^{lohseb@psu.edu} ; Robin Rifkin ; MS² ; Kristen Arnold ; BS¹ ; Christine Least ; MS ; RD¹
• 关键词：low-income population ; educational technology ; parenting ; feeding behavior ; childhood eating and feeding disorders
• 刊名：Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：P99_14994046
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：May-June, 2012
• 卷：44
• 期：3
• 页码：256-261
• 文件大小：142 K

摘要

Objective

To evaluate the digital program, Mealtime is Family Time, as a means of educating caregivers of preschoolers on the importance of family meals within the division of feeding responsibility framework.

Methods

Descriptive design using 2 approaches: focus group program review and discussion or self-report survey after independent program review in low-income venues. All participants completed an inventory of child feeding practices.

Results

About 75%of feedback survey respondents (n = 147) found the program understandable, easy to read, and helpful and expressed interest in child cues of hunger and satiety. Focus group findings corroborated program utility and were congruent with need for division of feeding responsibility implementation. For example, 39%of respondents reported that children must always or often taste mealtime food.

Conclusions and Implications

Education about family meals and child feeding is critical; Mealtime is Family Time was well received by this low-income audience. Further development to measure practice of the division of feeding responsibility is warranted.