Grzywacz Joseph G, Arcury Thomas A, Trejo Grisel, Quandt Sara A
Department of Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University, 700 N. Greenwood Avenue, Tulsa, OK, 74106, USA.
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2016 Feb;18(1):234-42. doi: 10.1007/s10903-014-9990-1.
Document beliefs about the contribution of physical activity to preschool-aged children's health held by Latino mothers in farmworker families, and delineate their perceived barriers or constraints that impose limits on preschool-aged children's physical activity. Qualitative data obtained through semi-structured in-depth interviews (N = 33) with mothers of preschool-aged children living in Latino farmworker families in North Carolina. Mothers universally agree that regular vigorous physical activity is good for preschool-aged children's health, including obesity prevention. However, excessive physical activity can produce illnesses, as well as other physical and emotional problems, and should be limited. Mothers wanted their children to engage in more sedentary forms of activity because they believed it would benefit learning. Physical and chemical hazards in rural environments, distance to parks and play spaces, and lack of familiarity and concerns about neighbors constrained children's physical activity. Although physical activity is believed to be beneficial, strong cultural beliefs and real contextual barriers undermine preschool-aged Latino farmworker children's level of physical activity.
记录农场工人家庭中拉丁裔母亲对体育活动对学龄前儿童健康贡献的看法，并描述她们所感知到的对学龄前儿童体育活动造成限制的障碍或约束因素。通过对北卡罗来纳州拉丁裔农场工人家庭中学龄前儿童的母亲进行半结构化深度访谈（N = 33）获得定性数据。母亲们普遍认为，定期进行剧烈体育活动对学龄前儿童的健康有益，包括预防肥胖。然而，过度的体育活动会导致疾病以及其他身体和情绪问题，应该加以限制。母亲们希望孩子参与更多静态活动，因为她们认为这对学习有益。农村环境中的物理和化学危害、到公园和游乐场所的距离以及对邻居的不熟悉和担忧限制了孩子的体育活动。尽管人们认为体育活动有益，但强烈的文化观念和实际的环境障碍削弱了拉丁裔农场工人学龄前儿童的体育活动水平。
