University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2012 Aug;39(4):396-404. doi: 10.1177/1090198111398129. Epub 2011 May 6.
Childhood obesity continues to increase, disproportionately affecting Mexican American children. The aims of this review are to (a) assess the literature regarding Mexican American mothers' knowledge and perceptions of childhood obesity, prevention, and their role in prevention; (b) critically evaluate the methodological quality of the research conducted on mothers' perceptions of childhood obesity; and (c) make recommendations for future research on parental perceptions of childhood obesity. Four databases were searched for relevant articles and 22 studies met inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Social cognitive theory was used to sort findings across studies. Major findings included the following: (a) barriers to childhood obesity prevention included lack of education regarding prevention and role modeling, (b) only 23% of studies explicitly used a theoretical framework to guide their study, and (c) most studies used heterogeneous groups to examine perceptions. Implications for future research and practice are presented.
儿童肥胖持续增加， disproportionately 影响墨西哥裔美国儿童。本研究旨在：(a) 评估有关墨西哥裔美国母亲对儿童肥胖症、预防及其在预防中的作用的知识和看法的文献；(b) 批判性地评估关于母亲对儿童肥胖症看法的研究的方法质量；(c) 为未来关于父母对儿童肥胖症看法的研究提出建议。四个数据库搜索了相关文章，22 项研究符合纳入标准并被纳入综述。社会认知理论被用来对研究结果进行分类。主要发现包括：(a) 预防儿童肥胖的障碍包括缺乏预防和行为榜样方面的教育，(b) 只有 23%的研究明确使用了理论框架来指导研究，(c) 大多数研究使用异质群体来检验看法。为未来的研究和实践提出了一些建议。
