University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Psychol Health. 2009 Nov;24(9):1003-20. doi: 10.1080/08870440802460426.
Women of lower educational attainment are more likely to eat unhealthy diets than women of higher educational attainment. To identify influences on the food choices of women with lower educational attainment, 11 focus groups (eight with women of lower, and three with women of higher educational attainment) were held. Using a semi-structured discussion guide, environmental, social, historical and psychological factors known to be associated with food choice were explored. Audio recordings were transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed. Compared to women of higher educational attainment, women of lower educational attainment had less control over their families' food choices, less support for attempts to eat healthily, fewer opportunities to observe and learn good food-related practices, more negative affect, more perceived environmental constraints and more ambiguous beliefs about the consequences of eating a nutritious diet. These findings provide a starting point for taking forward the design of an intervention to improve the diets of young women.
受教育程度较低的女性比受教育程度较高的女性更有可能饮食不健康。为了确定影响受教育程度较低的女性食物选择的因素，进行了 11 个焦点小组（8 个与受教育程度较低的女性，3 个与受教育程度较高的女性）。使用半结构化讨论指南，探讨了与食物选择相关的环境、社会、历史和心理因素。音频记录被逐字转录，并进行主题分析。与受教育程度较高的女性相比，受教育程度较低的女性对家庭食物选择的控制较少，对健康饮食的支持较少，观察和学习良好的与食物相关做法的机会较少，负面情绪较多，感知到的环境限制较多，对营养饮食后果的信念较模糊。这些发现为进一步设计改善年轻女性饮食的干预措施提供了起点。
