Self-Esteem, Teasing and Quality of Life: African American Adolescent Girls Participating in a Family-Based Pediatric Overweight Intervention

The Influence of Parental Participation on Obesity Interventions in African American Adolescent Females: An Integrative Review

“…Data extraction included SEM levels, study design, and methodology ( Figure 2). The majority of the manuscripts represented quantitative studies, but one was qualitative (Carcone et al, 2011), and three used a mixed-methods design (Burnet et al, 2008;Resnicow et al, 2005;Stern et al, 2006). The quantitative studies varied in intensity of intervention as well as intensity of parental involvement.…”

“…Individual physical traits such as gender, race, ethnicity, age, height, and weight were collected by several studies (Burnet et al, 2008;Heinberg et al, 2010;Naar-King et al, 2009;Resnicow et al, 2005;Robinson et al, 2008;St. George et al, 2013;Stern et al, 2006;Wadden et al, 1990a;White et al, 2004;Williamson et al, 2006). Consistent among these studies, height and weight data were collected by clinicians rather than by self-report.…”

“…Family income was reported in five studies (Burnet et al, 2008;Carcone et al, 2011;Ellis et al, 2010;Heinberg et al, 2010;St. George et al, 2013), whereas three studies used proxies for income level including Medicaid health care coverage, parental education and occupational backgrounds (Stern et al, 2006), free or reduced school lunches and poor standardized test results (Robinson et al, 2008), or economic level of church (Resnicow et al, 2005). Resnicow et al (2005) focused on middle and upper SES African-American churches although all other studies that included data on SES recruited participants from lower SES.…”

“…Of those studies with high levels of parental involvement, all showed higher success rates, evidenced by greater reduction in BMI compared to AA adolescent females whose parents were moderately or minimally engaged (Carcone et al, 2011;Ellis et al, 2010;Heinberg et al, 2010;Resnicow et al, 2005; Williamson et al, 2005,2006). Parents participated in interviews in the qualitative study (Carcone et al, 2011) and focus group discussions within the three mixed-method studies (Burnet et al, 2008;Resnicow et al, 2005;Stern et al, 2006). Data from the focus group sessions subsequently informed the development of study interventions.…”

“…Stress can negatively affect even the youngest children (Swick & Williams, 2006). Coping and family stability were explored within a few studies to identify cohesiveness, support, and strengths upon which to build (Burnet et al, 2008;Carcone et al, 2011;Ellis et al, 2010;Heinberg et al, 2010;Stern et al, 2006). Four studies measured family functioning (Carcone et al, 2011;Ellis et al, 2010;Heinberg et al, 2010;Stern et al, 2006) and several included data on parental support or involvement in promoting healthy habits (Burnet et al, 2008;Carcone et al, 2011;Ellis et al, 2010;Resnicow et al, 2005;St.…”