Challenges to parent nutrition education: A qualitative study of parents of urban children attending low-income schools

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1833-1841

  Slusser, Wendelin ^a,b   Prelip, Michael ^a   Kinsler, Janni ^a   Erausquin, Jennifer Toller ^c   Thai, Chan ^d   Neumann, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Parent nutrition education; School health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CITY; DECISION MAKING; EATING; EDUCATION; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CITIES; EATING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARENTS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84855391381     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000620     Document Type: Review

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