TY - JOUR
T1 - Family Systems Cultural and Resilience Dimensions to Consider in Nutrition Interventions
T2 - Exploring Preschoolers’ Eating and Physical Activity Routines During COVID-19
AU - Rothpletz-Puglia, Pamela
AU - Ryan, Erika
AU - Jones, Veronica M.
AU - Eubanks, Robin
AU - Ziegler, Jane
AU - Sackey, Joachim
AU - Nabi, Arthur D.
AU - Jia, Yuane
AU - Byham-Gray, Laura D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Objective: To describe the weight-related family functioning of racial minority families with low income using family systems theory as an interpretive framework. Design: Primarily a qualitative study with interviews plus; descriptive demographics, anthropometrics, a family functioning measure, and food insecurity screening. Setting: Telephone interviews with families of preschool-aged children in an urban setting. Participants: Primary caregivers of preschool-aged children. Phenomenon of Interest: Cultural impacts on family systems. Analysis: Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and loaded into NVivo 12 for thematic analysis. Descriptive statistics. Results: The 23 participants were mothers and 2 maternal grandmothers. Seventy-four percent were African American, most children were normal weight (n = 15, 65%), mean family function scores were high, and more than half the families were at risk for food insecurity (n = 13, 56%). Acculturation and intergenerational eating-related cultural dimensions were discerned as the overarching themes influencing family cohesion. Family cohesion appeared to have helped the families adapt to the impact of coronavirus disease 2019. Conclusions and Implications: Cultural dimensions such as acculturation and intergenerational influences appeared to be associated with social cohesion and family functioning around weight-related behaviors for these families. These findings add cultural and family resilience dimensions to family systems theory in nutrition interventions.
AB - Objective: To describe the weight-related family functioning of racial minority families with low income using family systems theory as an interpretive framework. Design: Primarily a qualitative study with interviews plus; descriptive demographics, anthropometrics, a family functioning measure, and food insecurity screening. Setting: Telephone interviews with families of preschool-aged children in an urban setting. Participants: Primary caregivers of preschool-aged children. Phenomenon of Interest: Cultural impacts on family systems. Analysis: Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and loaded into NVivo 12 for thematic analysis. Descriptive statistics. Results: The 23 participants were mothers and 2 maternal grandmothers. Seventy-four percent were African American, most children were normal weight (n = 15, 65%), mean family function scores were high, and more than half the families were at risk for food insecurity (n = 13, 56%). Acculturation and intergenerational eating-related cultural dimensions were discerned as the overarching themes influencing family cohesion. Family cohesion appeared to have helped the families adapt to the impact of coronavirus disease 2019. Conclusions and Implications: Cultural dimensions such as acculturation and intergenerational influences appeared to be associated with social cohesion and family functioning around weight-related behaviors for these families. These findings add cultural and family resilience dimensions to family systems theory in nutrition interventions.
KW - culture
KW - family systems theory
KW - nutrition
KW - resilience
KW - social determinants of health
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2022.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2022.01.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127640084
SN - 1499-4046
VL - 54
SP - 540
EP - 550
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
IS - 6
ER -