Feasibility and preliminary findings of a church-based mother-daughter pilot study promoting physical activity among young Latinas

Fam Community Health. 2014 Jan-Mar;37(1):6-18. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000015.

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) rates in young Latina girls are low. This study examined acceptability and feasibility of implementing a mother-daughter intervention targeting individual and family-level correlates of PA. Eleven mother-daughter dyads participated in an 8-week intervention promoting PA in preadolescents. Preliminary data suggest increases in self-report PA, reductions in television watching, and improvements in parenting and mother-daughter communication. Focus group data suggest that participants benefited from receiving the intervention in a group format. Findings suggest that mother-daughter interventions promoting PA in young Latinas are feasible. Physical activity may improve family communication and mother-daughter relations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Female
  • Focus Groups
  • Health Promotion / methods*
  • Hispanic or Latino / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Mothers / psychology*
  • Motor Activity*
  • Nuclear Family / psychology*
  • Parenting
  • Pilot Projects
  • Religion and Medicine