O'Brien Ashley, McDonald Julia, Haines Jess
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School.
Can J Diet Pract Res. 2013 Fall;74(3):143-5. doi: 10.3148/74.3.2013.143.
Engaging parents in interventions can be difficult because of various barriers. An engaging children's program that runs parallel to a parent program may facilitate parent participation. In this study, we assessed parents' perception of the children's component of Parents and Tots Together (PTT), a family-based obesity prevention program.
Fifteen of the 16 ethnically diverse parents who participated in an uncontrolled trial of PTT completed a survey assessing their satisfaction with the PTT children's component. More detailed information was obtained from one-on-one qualitative interviews with seven parents.
Attendance at program sessions was relatively high; 69% of parents attended six or more of the nine sessions. Survey data revealed that 87% of parents were "very satisfied" with the children's group. Approximately 73% of parents reported that the program was "very useful" in helping their child learn the importance of healthy eating and physical activity. In qualitative interviews, many parents identified the children's program as a motivator for attendance at the program sessions.
The interactive children's program was well received by parents and may serve as a catalyst for parent participation. Larger, randomized trials are needed to determine the effectiveness of children's programming for enhancing parent participation.
由于各种障碍，让家长参与干预措施可能会很困难。一个与家长项目并行开展的儿童项目可能会促进家长的参与。在本研究中，我们评估了家长对“家长与幼儿同行”（PTT）这一家庭肥胖预防项目中儿童部分的看法。
参与PTT非对照试验的16名不同种族的家长中有15名完成了一项调查，评估他们对PTT儿童部分的满意度。通过与7名家长进行一对一的定性访谈获得了更详细的信息。
项目课程的出席率相对较高；69%的家长参加了九节课程中的六节或更多。调查数据显示，87%的家长对儿童小组“非常满意”。约73%的家长表示该项目在帮助孩子认识健康饮食和体育活动的重要性方面“非常有用”。在定性访谈中，许多家长认为儿童项目是促使他们参加项目课程的一个因素。
互动式儿童项目受到家长的好评，可能会成为家长参与的催化剂。需要进行更大规模的随机试验来确定儿童项目对提高家长参与度的有效性。
