Joseph Elizabeth D, Kracht Chelsea L, St Romain Jessica, Allen Andrew T, Barbaree Caroline, Martin Corby K, Staiano Amanda E
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
inHealth Strategies, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Glob Pediatr Health. 2019 Jul 24;6:2333794X19865856. doi: 10.1177/2333794X19865856. eCollection 2019.
Early care and education (ECE) providers and parents can facilitate physical activity (PA) and reduce screen time in preschoolers. Input from caregivers on barriers and facilitators of PA and screen time is needed to comprehensively address these behaviors and promote children's health. Four focus groups (3 parent and 1 ECE provider) were conducted. Thematic analysis was performed to identify themes and subthemes. Twenty-eight caregivers (21 parents and 7 ECE providers) participated. Caregivers reported responsibility for modeling and shaping children's PA and screen time. Parents felt that a busy lifestyle was a PA barrier and encouraged screen time. ECE providers were concerned about certain environmental influences on PA. The groups differed in their view of screen time as either entertainment (parents) or educational (providers). Both types of caregivers were unaware of PA or screen time guidelines. Investigation into opportunities to utilize screen time to serve priorities of both caregivers and promote child PA are needed.
早期护理和教育(ECE)提供者以及家长可以促进学龄前儿童的身体活动(PA)并减少其屏幕使用时间。需要照顾者提供有关身体活动和屏幕使用时间的障碍及促进因素的信息,以便全面解决这些行为并促进儿童健康。开展了四个焦点小组(3个家长小组和1个ECE提供者小组)。进行了主题分析以确定主题和子主题。28名照顾者(21名家长和7名ECE提供者)参与其中。照顾者报告了对塑造儿童身体活动和屏幕使用时间的责任。家长们认为忙碌的生活方式是身体活动的障碍,并助长了屏幕使用时间。ECE提供者担心某些环境因素对身体活动的影响。两组对于屏幕使用时间的看法不同,家长认为是娱乐,而提供者认为是教育。两类照顾者均不了解身体活动或屏幕使用时间指南。需要研究利用屏幕使用时间来兼顾照顾者的优先事项并促进儿童身体活动的机会。