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Exploring Parental Preferences for Interventions aimed at Preventing Obesity in Children between ages Zero to Five : A Qualitative Analysis
van der Pol, S.F.S. (2024) Exploring Parental Preferences for Interventions aimed at Preventing Obesity in Children between ages Zero to Five : A Qualitative Analysis.
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Abstract: | Childhood obesity is a major predictor of adult obesity and contributes to many lifelong health risks such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Preventive childhood obesity interventions are being developed, aimed at targeting parents’ nutritional and physical activities with their children. Within this study, parents of children between ages 0 and 5 are asked to explore their preferences about interventions regarding digital and non-digital media forms. Additionally, due to parents’ high stress levels, they are asked how intervention participation would affect them or possibly decrease parental stress. Results concluded that parents value interventions that are convenient in use, mainly being time-efficient and personalised and tailored to the needs of their children, which was often tied with digital intervention mediums. Despite these benefits, digital interventions were often perceived as less trustworthy and less readable, noting important future areas of development. Parent stress was also mainly caused by lack of time and too broad and ambiguous intervention information and instructions. Although most parents expected a decrease in stress levels from participating in an intervention, some worried about judgement and increased pressure. The study emphasises the potential of digital interventions and the importance of developing time-efficient, trustworthy, and individual childhood obesity interventions. |
Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
Subject: | 05 communication studies, 77 psychology |
Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/100346 |
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