Eck Kaitlyn M, Delaney Colleen L, Olfert Melissa D, Shelnutt Karla P, Byrd-Bredbenner Carol
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Department of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
SAGE Open Med. 2019 Feb 2;7:2050312119828535. doi: 10.1177/2050312119828535. eCollection 2019.
Obesity is a public health concern for children and adults and effective obesity prevention programming is needed urgently. The effectiveness of health-related messaging and interventions is influenced by the way content is framed. HomeStyles is an obesity prevention program, which aims to promote health through the frame of improved quality of life.
Thus, focus groups were conducted with English- and Spanish-speaking parents of school-aged children (ages 6-11) to identify key quality-of-life determinants as described by parents.
Parents (n = 158) reported that their quality of life was influenced by family happiness and parent and child health (e.g. adequate sleep, exercise, healthy diet). Many parents expressed that their busy schedules and lack of family time were detrimental to their quality of life. Work-life balance and financial stability were other factors commonly noted to impact quality of life. Spanish-speaking parents also reported being undocumented and feeling a lack of a sense of community negatively influenced their quality of life.
Considering parent-defined quality-of-life determinants when framing health-related messaging and developing interventions may increase participant interest and ultimately improve health-related behaviors. Next steps in the HomeStyles project include using parent-reported quality-of-life determinants to guide the development of intervention materials.
肥胖是儿童和成人关注的公共卫生问题，迫切需要有效的肥胖预防计划。与健康相关的信息和干预措施的有效性受内容呈现方式的影响。家庭生活方式（HomeStyles）是一项肥胖预防计划，旨在通过改善生活质量的框架来促进健康。
因此，对6至11岁学龄儿童的英语和西班牙语家长进行了焦点小组访谈，以确定家长所描述的关键生活质量决定因素。
158名家长报告称，他们的生活质量受家庭幸福以及父母和孩子的健康状况（如充足睡眠、锻炼、健康饮食）影响。许多家长表示，繁忙的日程安排和缺乏家庭时间对他们的生活质量不利。工作与生活的平衡以及经济稳定是其他普遍提到的影响生活质量的因素。说西班牙语的家长还报告称，无合法身份以及缺乏社区归属感对他们的生活质量产生了负面影响。
在构建与健康相关的信息以及制定干预措施时考虑家长定义的生活质量决定因素，可能会提高参与者的兴趣，并最终改善与健康相关的行为。家庭生活方式项目的下一步包括利用家长报告的生活质量决定因素来指导干预材料的开发。
