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- Title
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Childhood Obesity in a Sample of Low‐Income, Single Female, Parent/Guardian Households: Implications for Family Therapists.
- Authors
Lappan, Sara N.; Parra‐Cardona, J. Rubén; Carolan, Marsha; Weatherspoon, Lorraine
- Abstract
The United States is in the midst of a childhood obesity epidemic that disproportionately impacts underserved and diverse populations. In this study, in‐depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 low‐income, single, female, parent/guardians of an overweight or obese 3‐ to 8‐year‐old from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. Following the tenets of the thematic analysis approach, interviews focused on identifying risk and protective factors influencing parental and child health behaviors associated with child weight status. Results from the interviews are organized according to the Socioecological Framework to help identify risk and protective factors at various system levels. Findings from this investigation have relevance for family therapists as they can inform clinical and advocacy‐focused interventions with disadvantaged families affected by childhood obesity.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PREVENTION of childhood obesity; RISK of childhood obesity; POVERTY in the United States; GUARDIAN &; ward; HEALTH behavior; INTERVIEWING; PARENT-child relationships; PSYCHOLOGY of parents; RISK assessment; SINGLE women; QUALITATIVE research; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
Family Process, 2020, Vol 59, Issue 2, p597
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/famp.12440