CHURCH LEADERS’ VIEWS OF OBESITY PREVENTION EFFORTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

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• Alternative Title:
  J Nutr Educ Behav
• Personal Author:
  Dunn, Caroline Glagola ; Wilcox, Sara ; Bernhart, John A. ; Blake, Christine E. ; Kaczynski, Andrew T. ; Turner-McGrievy, Gabrielle M.
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  To examine church leaders’ views of the role of faith-based organizations in promoting healthy eating and physical activity in children.
  
  Design:
  
  Qualitative research using semi-structured in-depth interviews.
  
  Participants:
  
  Leaders (n=26) from United Methodist churches (n=20) in South Carolina.
  
  Phenomenon of Interest:
  
  Perceptions of health promotion efforts for children in faith-based settings, including primary health concerns, perceived opportunities, partnerships, and relationship of these efforts to the overall church mission.
  
  Analysis:
  
  Interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded using a constant comparative method using NVivo software.
  
  Results:
  
  Five themes emerged related to (1) multiple concerns about health issues facing children, (2) existing church structures influencing health behaviors, (3) potential partnerships to address children’s health, (4) importance of role models, and (5) the need for a tailored approach.
  
  Conclusions and Implications:
  
  Church leaders view childhood health behaviors as an important area of concern for the church and identified links between physical and spiritual health. They identify multiple existing and potential organizational and community structures as important in improving healthy eating and physical activity. Faith-based organizations can play an important role in developing and delivering health programming for children but desire assistance through partnerships with subject matter experts.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Attitude To Health Child Cooperative Behavior Female Health Promotion Humans Interviews As Topic Leadership Male Middle Aged Obesity Religion And Psychology South Carolina Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Community Health Exercise Healthy Diet Pediatric Obesity
• Source:
  J Nutr Educ Behav. 52(3):259-269
• Pubmed ID:
  31677941
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7064414
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP005000/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005000/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4872656933c27e5c12c58f41ccca024e6e06aeacd287ffda4ac3a2d756aeeb90
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85851/cdc_85851_DS1.pdf
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