scholarly journals The impact of environmental, parental and child factors on health-related behaviors among low-income children

Appetite ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 260-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salma M.A. Musaad ◽  
Katherine E. Speirs ◽  
Jenna T. Hayes ◽  
Amy R. Mobley ◽  
Nurgul Fitzgerald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Low Income Children ◽  
Health Related Behaviors ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Child Factors ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Effect of a 12-Week Summer Break on School Day Physical Activity and Health-Related Fitness in Low-Income Children from CSPAP Schools

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
You Fu ◽  
Timothy A. Brusseau ◽  
James C. Hannon ◽  
Ryan D. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Low Income Children ◽  
Cardiovascular Endurance ◽  
School Day ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Health Related Fitness

Background. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a 12-week summer break on school day physical activity and health-related fitness (HRF) in children from schools receiving a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP). Methods. Participants were school-aged children (N=1,232; 624 girls and 608 boys; mean age=9.5±1.8 years) recruited from three low-income schools receiving a CSPAP. Physical activity and HRF levels were collected during the end of spring semester 2015 and again during the beginning of fall semester 2015. Physical activity was assessed using the Yamax DigiWalker CW600 pedometer. HRF measures consisted of body mass index (BMI) and the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER). Results. Results from a doubly MANCOVA analysis indicated that pedometer step counts decreased from 4,929 steps in the spring to 4,445 steps in the fall (mean difference = 484 steps; P<0.001; Cohen’s d = 0.30) and PACER laps decreased from 31.2 laps in the spring to 25.8 laps in the fall (mean difference = 5.4 laps; P<0.001; Cohen’s d = 0.33). Conclusions. Children from schools receiving a CSPAP intervention had lower levels of school day physical activity and cardiorespiratory endurance following a 12-week summer break.

scholarly journals Integrating Health Belief Model, Technological Self-efficacy, and the PEN-3 cultural model: Conceptualizing the impact of culture and technology on health for advancing Sustainable Smart Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 02019
Author(s):  
Xue Wu ◽  
Man Zhao ◽  
Han-Teng Liao
Keyword(s):  
Health Belief Model ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Health Belief ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Cultural Model ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
Health Related Behaviors ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Belief Model ◽  
The Impact

As people record, visualize, analyze, share, reflect on, etc. their everyday life using digital and network technologies, how can researchers and designers empower them to engage both the technologies and health about themselves? Though the Health Belief Model (HBM) has been used to explain and predict healthrelated behaviors, and the Technological Self-efficacy (TSE), and the PEN-3 cultural model has been used as constructs of technological and cultural self-efficacy, it remains a challenging task to tease out the impact of cultural and technological factors for people to improve their health conditions and well-being by taking direct and indirect actions. With the aim to develop a conceptual framework to overcome such a challenge, this study examined and selected a few constructs from the TSE and PEN-3 cultural models, respectively, and then use them to enrich the HBM so that the impact of cultural and technological factors can be better integrated and examined. The integrated model can be used as an analysis tool for both researchers and designers to identify first the relevant cultural and technological factors (using selected constructs), and then formulate and then test hypotheses regarding how these factors shape their health and technology actions (using the causal modeling of the enriched HBM).The integrated model proposed and illustrated in this study shows the ways in which both cultural and technological factors can be conceptualized to explain and predict health-related behaviors via perceived beliefs (often related to technology and health). For example, self-tracking visualization involves both cultural and technological factors that may facilitate or impede health-related behaviors.

scholarly journals The Impact of Micronutrient Fortified Foods on Cognitive Functioning among Low-Income Children: A Pilot and Feasibility Study

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3351
Author(s):  
Juliana F. W. Cohen ◽  
Kelly Sagar ◽  
Mary Kathryn Dahlgren ◽  
Laura B. F. Kurdziel ◽  
Staci A. Gruber
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Trail Making Test ◽  
Continuous Performance Task ◽  
Low Income Children ◽  
Trail Making ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
The Impact

Brain development continues throughout childhood and requires micronutrients for optimal maturation, but studies have typically examined only a limited number of micronutrients and there has been inconsistent use of validated cognitive measures. This study evaluated the impact of providing low-income children with a daily fortified meal (570 kcal) in the form of a bar and shake containing >75% of the FDA Daily Values for all essential vitamins and minerals, as well as macronutrients (e.g., omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and protein), in an afterschool care setting (instead of the usual meal provided) on cognitive functioning. Students aged 8–12 were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 19) or control (n = 16) meals. Students completed the Stroop Color Word Task, Trail Making Test, and Conner’s Continuous Performance Task (CPT) at baseline and 3 months post-intervention. Differences in cognitive scores were examined using 2 × 2 mixed model ANOVAs (Stroop and CPT) and ANCOVAs (Trail Making Test). Significant main effects of time indicated improvements in both intervention and control groups, but there were no significant main effects of group or group*time interactions. When the amount of meal consumed was examined, most results became non-significant, suggesting that overall meal consumption significantly impacted the observed results. Overall, this pilot study suggests that there may be limited additional benefits to short-term consumption of micronutrient fortified meals among low-income children in an afterschool care setting, and potential benefits observed may be directly related to the amount of food consumed.

Effect of Nutrition and Physical Activity Training with Mexican Americans

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-182
Author(s):  
Debra M. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Exercise Habits ◽  
Diet And Exercise ◽  
Health Related Behaviors ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Nutrition And Physical Activity ◽  
Poor Nutrition

Health related behaviors are of concern in the Mexican American community because of the prevalence of disease, such as diabetes, hypertension and cancer. Poor nutrition and a lack of physical activity are behaviors which contribute to these diseases. Training regarding health related behaviors associated with nutrition and physical activity was attended by 11 individuals from low income areas who were Mexican American. Results indicate most did understand the importance of diet and exercise in controlling these diseases. Most were motivated to change their eating and exercise habits as a result of the training they attended. / Comportamientos relacionados con la salud son de gran preocupación en la comunidad Mexicana por la alta ocurrencia de enfermedades como diabetes, hipertensión y cáncer. Pobre nutrición y la falta de actividad física son ejemplos de comportamientos responsables por estas enfermedades. Once individuos de áreas de bajo ingreso que eran Mexicano Americanos atendieron un entrenamiento referente a comportamientos relacionados con la salud que son asociados con la nutrición y actividad física. Los resultados indican que la mayoría entendieron la importancia de la dieta y ejercicios para controlar estas enfermedades. La mayoría de ellos fueron motivados a cambiar sus hábitos de comer y ejercicios como resultado del entrenamiento que asistieron.

The Impact of Burn Survivor Pre-injury Income and Payer Status on Health-Related Quality of Life

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford C Sheckter ◽  
Gretchen J Carrougher ◽  
Steven E Wolf ◽  
Jeffrey C Schneider ◽  
Nicole Gibran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Burn Injury ◽  
Complete Data ◽  
National Database ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction The costs required to provide acute care for patients with serious burn injuries are significant. In the US, these costs are often shared by patients. However, the impacts of pre-injury finances on health-related quality of life (HRQL) have been poorly characterized. We hypothesized that lower income and public payers would be associated with poorer HRQL. Methods Burn survivors with complete data for pre-injury personal income and payer status were extracted from the longitudinal Burn Model System National Database. HRQL outcomes were measured with VR-12 scores at 6, 12, and 24 months post-injury. VR-12 scores were evaluated using generalized linear models, adjusting for potential confounders (e.g., age, gender, self-identified race, burn injury severity). Results 453 participants had complete data for income and payer status. More than one third of BMS participants earned less than $25,000/year (36%), 24% earned $25,000-49,000/year, 23% earned $50,000-99,000/year, 11% earned $100,000-149,000/year, 3% earned $150,000-199,000/year, and 4% earned &gt;$200,000/year. VR-12 mental component (MCS) and physical component summary (PCS) scores were highest for those who earned $150-199k/year (55.8 and 55.8), and lowest for those who earned &lt;$25,000/year (49.0 and 46.4). After adjusting for demographics, payer, and burn severity, 12-month MCS and PCS and 24-month PCS scores were negatively associated with Medicare payer (p&lt;0.05). Low income was not significantly associated with lower VR-12 scores. Conclusion There was a peaking relationship between HRQL and middle-class income, but this trend was not significant after adjusting for covariates. Public payers, particularly Medicare, were independently associated with poorer HRQL. The findings might be used to identify those at risk of financial toxicity for targeting assistance during rehabilitation.

Estimating the Impact of Health-related Behaviors on Geographic Variation in Cardiovascular Mortality

Epidemiology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 888-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel F. Jonker ◽  
Bas Donkers ◽  
Basile Chaix ◽  
Frank J. van Lenthe ◽  
A. Burdorf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Cardiovascular Mortality ◽  
Health Related Behaviors ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact
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