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Prev Chronic Dis
Personal Author:
Davison, Kirsten K. ; Edmunds, Lynn S. ; Young, Laurie M. ; Sarfoh, Vanessa S. ; Wyker, Brett A. ; ... More +
Davison, Kirsten K. ; Edmunds, Lynn S. ; Young, Laurie M. ; Sarfoh, Vanessa S. ; Wyker, Brett A. ; Sekhobo, Jackson P. Less -
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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.


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