2018
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15071482
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Predictors of Participant Attendance Patterns in a Family-Based Intervention for Overweight and Obese Hispanic Adolescents

Abstract: This study examined participant attendance patterns and individual (e.g., income), family dynamics (e.g., communication), and cultural (i.e., Americanism, Hispanicism) predictors of these patterns among Hispanic families enrolled in a 12-week family-based intervention, Familias Unidas for Health and Wellness. Hispanic adolescents (n = 140, 49% female, 13.04 ± 0.87 years old, 36% overweight, 64% obese, 39% immigrants) and their parents (87% female, 42.09 ± 6.30 years old, BMI 30.99 ± 6.14 kg/m2, 90% immigrants)… Show more

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“…Regarding attendance, 71% of families attended all 12 group and family sessions, with 5% of families not attending any intervention session. 31…”
Section: Interventionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Regarding attendance, 71% of families attended all 12 group and family sessions, with 5% of families not attending any intervention session. 31…”
Section: Interventionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Full length articles of all 28 studies were retrieved and only five met all inclusion criteria 2731 . One report was a cluster randomized controlled trial 30 and the others were non-RCTs 2729,31 . The non-RCTs included two retrospective cohort studies 27,28 , one cross-sectional study 29 and one pre-post study 31 .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Each of the investigations included at least one parent along with their child as participants. Three of the five interventions were family based 28,30,31 ,one was parent only 29 , and for one, the activities were primarily child focused but mothers completed the study questionnaire analyzed 27 . Among the reports investigating predictors of attrition 27,28,30,31 , three included both Black and Hispanic participants 27,28,31 , while one examined an intervention for only Hispanic families 30 .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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