Parra-Soto Solange, Ortega Alejandra, Celis-Morales Carlos, Kain Juliana
Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile.
Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Glob Pediatr Health. 2020 Oct 10;7:2333794X20961575. doi: 10.1177/2333794X20961575. eCollection 2020.
In most childhood obesity preventive programs, parents are targeted as they are key in achieving lifestyle behavior change in their children. Because their participation is generally low, new technologies, such as text messaging, are being tested to assess if their participation increases. The objective of this study was to determine the perception that mothers of overweight/ obese preschool children have of a textmessaging program developed to support their children's lifestyle behavior change. Text messages were sent to 60 mothers twice a week for 12 weeks; 58 of them said they received all of them. During the process mothers were contacted twice regarding their opinion on all aspects related to the messages. At follow-up, we determined perception by in depth interviews administered to participants. Results show that text messaging implemented in a personalized manner was considered successful in regards to providing useful information to support their children's behavior change.
在大多数儿童肥胖预防项目中，父母是目标对象，因为他们对于促使孩子改变生活方式行为至关重要。由于他们的参与度普遍较低，诸如短信之类的新技术正在接受测试，以评估他们的参与度是否会提高。本研究的目的是确定超重/肥胖学龄前儿童的母亲对为支持其孩子改变生活方式行为而开发的短信项目的看法。每周两次向60位母亲发送短信，持续12周；其中58位表示她们收到了所有短信。在此过程中，就短信各方面的看法，与母亲们进行了两次沟通。在随访中，我们通过对参与者进行深入访谈来确定她们的看法。结果表明，以个性化方式实施的短信在提供有用信息以支持孩子行为改变方面被认为是成功的。
