Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study of Factors Associated with the Healthfulness of Parental Responses to Child Food Purchasing Requests.

Objective The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between various factors (e.g., sociodemographic, child, and parental factors) and the healthfulness of parental responses to child in-store food purchasing requests. Additionally, a secondary objective is to describe 'res...

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Published in:Maternal & Child Health Journal Vol. 20; no. 8; pp. 1569 - 1578
Main Authors: Calloway, Eric, Ranjit, Nalini, Sweitzer, Sara, Roberts-Gray, Cindy, Romo-Palafox, Maria, McInnis, Katie, Briley, Margaret
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Aug2016
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          Calloway, Eric
          Ranjit, Nalini
          Sweitzer, Sara
          Roberts-Gray, Cindy
          Romo-Palafox, Maria
          McInnis, Katie
          Briley, Margaret
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          Parenting
          Attitude to Health
          Food
          Shopping
          Child Nutrition
          Human
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Exploratory Research
          Texas
          Child, Preschool
          Child
          kappa Statistic
          Videorecording
          Questionnaires
          Socioeconomic Factors
          Kruskal-Wallis Test
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
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          Female
          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
          Child: 6-12 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Objective The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between various factors (e.g., sociodemographic, child, and parental factors) and the healthfulness of parental responses to child in-store food purchasing requests. Additionally, a secondary objective is to describe 'resist strategies' used by parents to respond to child food-purchasing requests and their efficacy in avoiding conflict. Methods Parent-child dyads (children aged 2-6 years) completed an audio-/visual-recoded food shopping trip at their usual grocery store and time. Recordings of trips were coded for behavioral and environmental factors. Parental healthful response rate (i.e., percent of responses that were healthful) was the primary outcome variable. A healthful response occurred when a parent yielded to a healthful child request, or resisted a non-healthful request. Parents also completed a questionnaire. Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to assess the relationship between the main outcome variable and sociodemographic, child, and parent factors. Results Parents (n = 39) responded healthfully to 62.9 % (±26.7 %) of child food purchasing requests. Low- and middle-income parents, and black and white parents, had significantly higher healthful response rates compared to high-income parents ( p = 0.03) and Hispanic/Indian-descent parents ( p = 0.02), respectively. Using the 'ignore' strategy proved an effective resist strategy in this study, leading to no parent-child conflicts. Conclusions Programming that seeks to improve the healthfulness of food purchasing in families with young children should address unhealthful response behaviors in Hispanic/Indian-descent parents and high-income parents; although, the needs of these groups are different. Further research is needed to confirm and expand on these findings.
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