Where Do Brazilian Immigrant Parents Obtain Information to Support the Healthful Energy Balance-related Behaviors of Their Preschool-age Children?: A Cross-sectional Study

Lindsay, Ana Cristina; Caires, Thaís; Le, Qun; Nogueira, Denise Lima; Machado, Márcia Maria Tavares; Greaney, Mary L.

doi:10.1080/19325037.2021.2001775

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“…Using the family ecological model (FEM) [ 37 ], this developmental [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ] cross-sectional pilot study [ 31 ] was conducted to inform the design of a family-based early childhood obesity prevention intervention. The FEM builds on the ecological system theory (EST), which posits that human behavior cannot be understood without considering the contexts in which it occurs [ 38 ].…”

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“…Eligibility criteria to participate in this study included: (a) self-identify as Brazilian; (b) with at least one child between the ages of 2 and 5 years; (c) ≥21 years of age; (d) living in Massachusetts for at least 12 months; (e) speaking Portuguese or English; and (f) willing to provide informed consent [ 31 ].…”

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“…Data were collected between January and August 2020 in selected Massachusetts communities with sizeable Brazilian immigrant populations [ 31 , 39 ]. We used both direct (e.g., in-person outreach at faith- and community-based events, such as meeting participants after church services, at faith-based community events, and outreach to personal contacts of research staff and recruiting partners) and indirect (e.g., posting flyers at local Brazilian businesses and community-based social and health services agencies, attending events and making announcements at predominantly Brazilian churches, and also using social media, such as Facebook postings) recruitment strategies to enroll study participants [ 31 , 39 ]. All in-person recruitment was conducted by bilingual, bicultural, and trained research assistants who were native Brazilians, undergraduate students in health-related disciplines [ 39 ].…”

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“…Although Brazilians share many cultural characteristics with other Latino populations (e.g., personalism, familism, machismo, Catholicism official religion, etc. ), Brazilians have distinctive characteristics, including speaking Portuguese, a very important cultural difference between Brazilians and Spanish-speaking Hispanic groups [ 30 , 31 ]. As a result, many Brazilians living in the U.S. do not view themselves as Hispanic, as they speak a different language (Portuguese).…”

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“…As a result, many Brazilians living in the U.S. do not view themselves as Hispanic, as they speak a different language (Portuguese). They also have different cultural origins (Portuguese, African, and Indigenous) that make them distinct from other Hispanic groups [ 30 , 31 ]. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop interventions to promote EBRBs that meet the specific needs of this unique and growing immigrant population in the U.S.…”

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Brazilian Immigrant Parents’ Preferences for Content and Intervention Modalities for the Design of a Family-Based Intervention to Promote Their Preschool-Age Children’s Healthful Energy Balance-Related Behaviors

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Brazilians are a rapidly growing ethnic immigrant population in the United States (U.S.), and there is a lack of childhood obesity prevention interventions addressing the needs of Brazilian preschool-age children. Using the family ecological model (FEM) as a guide, this developmental cross-sectional study assessed the preferences (content, intervention modality, and language) of 52 individual Brazilian immigrant parents (27 mothers, 25 fathers) for a family-based intervention to promote healthful energy balance-related behaviors (EBRB). Overall, 85% or more of parents reported being interested or very interested in content related to five of the seven assessed EBRBs (increasing fruits and vegetables, reducing unhealthy foods and sugar-sweetened beverages, increasing physical activity, and reducing screen time). Parent-preferred intervention modalities were group sessions delivered by community health workers (CHWs, 86.5%), email (84.6%), and messaging (78.8%), with most parents (71.2%) indicating a preference for content in Portuguese. Interventions integrating multiple components, such as group sessions offered by CHWs and text messaging using SMS and WhatsApp, should be considered. Future steps for intervention development should include investigating different communication channels and their integration into a culturally and linguistically tailored family-based intervention designed to promote healthful EBRBs of preschool-age children in Brazilian families living in the U.S.

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How do Central American Parents in the United States View the Importance of and Obtain Information About Behaviors Associated with the Risk of Early Childhood Obesity?

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Background: Data suggest that Latinx preschool-age children are at increased risk of obesity. The fastest-growing Latinx population in the United States originates from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, also known as the Northern Triangle countries. Purpose: To describe how Central American parents from the Northern Triangle countries perceive the importance of energy balance-related behaviors (EBRBs), their preferred sources to obtain information about EBRBs, and to assess whether these differ by parent's gender and country of the nativity. Methods: Cross-sectional survey. Results: Seventy-four parents with at least one child between 2 and 5 years of age participated in the study. More than half were immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras and were classified as having low acculturation. Mothers perceived consuming >5 fruits and vegetables daily, limiting sugar-sweetened beverages consumption, and having <2 hours daily screen time as extremely important, whereas fathers perceived these behaviors as being less important. Although a higher proportion of foreign-born than US-born parents perceived most of the assessed EBRBs (4 out of 6) as extremely important, these differences were not significant. Parents reported multiple sources to obtain EBRB-related information. Direct person-to-person interactions were the most commonly preferred sources, with pediatricians being the top source (97.3%), followed by other parents (86.5%), and WIC professionals (74.3%). Pediatricians were the preferred source to obtain information about EBRBs, irrespective of parent's gender and country of the nativity. A higher proportion of US-born than foreign-born parents reported a preference to obtain EBRB-related information from other parents. Conclusions: Findings suggest the significance of understanding how Central American parents perceive the importance of EBRBs and the sources they would prefer to obtain information for their children's EBRBs. Study findings have implications for health education and obesity prevention interventions designed to reach and deliver key evidence-based child health information to Central American parents from the Northern Triangle countries in the United States.

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Technology of combination of physical exercises and poems about nature for integral development physical fitness and cognitive possibilities children of preschool age

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Purpose of this work is to highlight the features of the author's systems of integral development of preschool children. Material and Methods. A system of lessons with newborns and infants with the help of dynamic exercises has been developed, as well as an author's system of lessons with children from 1 to 7 years old. The exercises are performed with verses about nature. Results. The use of dynamic gymnastics for newborns and infants "Miracle of Nature" helps to strengthen the musculoskeletal system and all body systems; development of strength, flexibility, agility, endurance, and later - speed; prevention or reduction of child injuries during the subsequent development of walking, running, jumping, etc.; increasing resistance to adverse environmental influences; formation of a base for the tolerance of intellectual workloads associated with studies; creating a solid foundation for subsequent practice of any sport. Conclusions. It is shown that performing exercises not counting, but under poetic images, which is most acceptable for children from 1 year old, promotes integral development, reduces the feeling of fatigue, saturates emotionally classes, making gymnastics very attractive for children and adults.

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Where Do Brazilian Immigrant Parents Obtain Information to Support the Healthful Energy Balance-related Behaviors of Their Preschool-age Children?: A Cross-sectional Study

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Brazilian Immigrant Parents’ Preferences for Content and Intervention Modalities for the Design of a Family-Based Intervention to Promote Their Preschool-Age Children’s Healthful Energy Balance-Related Behaviors

Brazilian Immigrant Parents’ Preferences for Content and Intervention Modalities for the Design of a Family-Based Intervention to Promote Their Preschool-Age Children’s Healthful Energy Balance-Related Behaviors

How do Central American Parents in the United States View the Importance of and Obtain Information About Behaviors Associated with the Risk of Early Childhood Obesity?

Technology of combination of physical exercises and poems about nature for integral development physical fitness and cognitive possibilities children of preschool age

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