Ensuring Children Eat a Healthy Diet: A Theory-Driven Focus Group Study to Inform Communication Aimed at Parents

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-24

  Kahlor, LeeAnn ^a   Mackert, Michael ^a   Junker, Dave ^a   Tyler, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Intervention; Obesity; Overweight; Parents; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSING RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NURSING RESEARCH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751482543     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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