Latino parents' perceptions of their ability to prevent obesity in their children

Family and Community Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-16

  Glassman, Melissa E ^a   Figueroa, Marilyn ^a   Irigoyen, Matilde ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood obesity; focus group; Latino; parental perceptions; preschool child

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78650853193     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181fdeb7e     Document Type: Article

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