Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
Public Health Nutr. 2011 Oct;14(10):1833-41. doi: 10.1017/S1368980011000620. Epub 2011 Apr 11.
The present study was undertaken to learn more about parents' (i) knowledge regarding healthy foods, factors associated with food purchasing and preparation, and current nutrition education resources, (ii) barriers to and promoters for establishing healthy eating habits for children and families, and (iii) interest in participating in nutrition interventions.
Focus group interviews were conducted with parents of low-income children from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
LAUSD Title 1 elementary schools where 50 % or more of students are eligible for free/reduced-price meals.
Sixty-four parents (93 % female; 84 % Hispanic/Latino) of elementary-school students.
The most common barriers to eating healthy foods were cost, difficulty in getting children to eat healthier foods and easy access to fast food. Parents had a basic knowledge about what foods are healthy and received most of their nutrition education through the media. Parents expressed a desire for nutrition classes and almost all of them said they would attend a nutrition programme at their child's school. Topic areas of interest included what to purchase, how to cook healthier foods, how to encourage their children to eat healthier and how to read food labels. Parents also requested classes that engage the whole family, especially fathers.
Parents in our study were interested in participating in nutrition education programmes. The information from these focus groups was used to design a parent nutrition education programme especially designed to respond to the needs of the LAUSD parents, the majority of whom are low-income and Hispanic/Latino.
本研究旨在增进人们对父母的了解，包括他们（i）对健康食品的认知、与食品购买和准备相关的因素，以及当前的营养教育资源；（ii）在为儿童和家庭建立健康饮食习惯方面存在的障碍和促进因素；以及（iii）对参与营养干预的兴趣。
对来自洛杉矶联合学区（LAUSD）的低收入儿童的家长进行了焦点小组访谈。
LAUSD 资助的 1 号小学，其中 50%或以上的学生有资格享受免费/减价餐。
64 名小学生的家长（93%为女性；84%为西班牙裔/拉丁裔）。
食用健康食品的最常见障碍是成本、让孩子吃更健康食品的困难以及快餐的易得性。家长们对健康食品有基本的认识，他们主要通过媒体获取营养知识。家长们表示希望参加营养课程，几乎所有人都表示愿意参加他们孩子所在学校的营养计划。感兴趣的主题包括购买什么、如何烹饪更健康的食物、如何鼓励孩子吃得更健康以及如何阅读食品标签。家长们还要求开设能让整个家庭参与的课程，尤其是父亲。
我们研究中的家长对参与营养教育计划感兴趣。这些焦点小组的信息被用来设计一个专门针对 LAUSD 家长需求的家长营养教育计划，这些家长大多是低收入和西班牙裔/拉丁裔。
