Perceptions of how parents of early adolescents will personally benefit from calcium-rich food and beverage parenting practices

J Nutr Educ Behav. 2014 Nov-Dec;46(6):595-601. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2014.05.010. Epub 2014 Jul 24.

Abstract

Objective: To identify and rank perceived personal benefits from parenting practices that promote intake of calcium-rich foods and beverages (CRF/B) by early adolescents.

Methods: A convenience sample of parents/caregivers (n = 133) of early adolescents (10-13 years) from 6 states (CA, HI, MN, OH, OR, UT) participated in a qualitative study using a Nominal Group Technique process. Benefits identified by parents/caregivers were ranked by importance, given a score weight, and summed to create a total weighted score across states.

Results: The top benefit from making CRF/B available was parent emotional rewards. The top benefit perceived by parents from role modeling intake of CRF/B and setting expectations for intake of CRB was child health promotion.

Conclusions and implications: Child health promotion and parent emotional rewards were important perceived benefits derived from CRF/B parenting practices, and thus, should be included as the focus of education to increase the frequency of these practices.

Keywords: adolescents; availability; calcium-rich foods and beverages; expectations; parents; practices; role modeling.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
  • Calcium, Dietary / administration & dosage*
  • Caregivers
  • Child
  • Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Female
  • Focus Groups
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nutrition Policy*
  • Parenting*
  • Parents
  • Patient Compliance*
  • Reward
  • Sense of Coherence
  • United States

Substances

  • Calcium, Dietary