Feasibility of Increasing Childhood Outdoor Play and Decreasing Television Viewing Through a Family-Based Intervention in WIC, New York State, 2007-2008

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Davison, Kirsten K. ; Edmunds, Lynn S. ; Young, Laurie M. ; Sarfoh, Vanessa S. ; Wyker, Brett A. ; Sekhobo, Jackson P.
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Active Families is a program developed to increase outdoor play and decrease television viewing among preschool-aged children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Our objective was to assess its feasibility and efficacy.
  
  Methods
  
  We implemented Active Families in a large WIC clinic in New York State for 1 year. To this end, we incorporated into WIC nutrition counseling sessions a community resource guide with maps showing recreational venues. Outcome measures were children's television viewing and time playing outdoors and parents' behaviors (television viewing, physical activity), self-efficacy to influence children's behaviors, and parenting practices specific to television viewing. We used a nonpaired pretest and posttest design to evaluate the intervention, drawing on comparison data from 3 matched WIC agencies.
  
  Results
  
  Compared with the children at baseline, the children at follow-up were more likely to watch television less than 2 hours per day and play outdoors for at least 60 minutes per day. Additionally, parents reported higher self-efficacy to limit children's television viewing and were more likely to meet physical activity recommendations and watch television less than 2 hours per day.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Results suggest that it is feasible to foster increased outdoor play and reduced television viewing among WIC-enrolled children by incorporating a community resource guide into WIC nutrition counseling sessions. Future research should test the intervention with a stronger evaluation design in multiple settings, with more diverse WIC populations, and by using more objective outcome measures of child behaviors.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Child, Preschool Exercise Feasibility Studies Female Follow-Up Studies Health Promotion Humans Male Maternal-Child Health Centers Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Nutrition Policy Play And Playthings Television Young Adult

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2011; 8(3).
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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