Mexican American Mothers' Perceptions of Childhood Obesity: A Theory-Guided Systematic Literature Review

Childhood obesity continues to increase, disproportionately affecting Mexican American children. The aims of this review are to (a) assess the literature regarding Mexican American mothers' knowledge and perceptions of childhood obesity, prevention, and their role in prevention; (b) critically...

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Published in:Health education & behavior 2012-08, Vol.39 (4), p.396-404
Main Author: Sosa, Erica T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Barriers
Body Mass Index
Child
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
Diet
Education
Epistemology
Ethnic groups
Exercise
Female
Focus Groups
Health (behavior)
Health Education
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Heterogeneous Grouping
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Inclusive education
Knowledge
Literature reviews
Male
Mexican American people
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans - psychology
Modeling
Mother Attitudes
Mothers
Mothers - psychology
Obese children
Obesity
Obesity - ethnology
Obesity - prevention & control
Obesity - therapy
Objectives
Parent Role
Perception
Perceptions
Prevention
Preventive health
Preventive programmes
Reviews
Role Models
Social Cognition
Social Theories
Systematic review
Weight control
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Summary:Childhood obesity continues to increase, disproportionately affecting Mexican American children. The aims of this review are to (a) assess the literature regarding Mexican American mothers' knowledge and perceptions of childhood obesity, prevention, and their role in prevention; (b) critically evaluate the methodological quality of the research conducted on mothers' perceptions of childhood obesity; and (c) make recommendations for future research on parental perceptions of childhood obesity. Four databases were searched for relevant articles and 22 studies met inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Social cognitive theory was used to sort findings across studies. Major findings included the following: (a) barriers to childhood obesity prevention included lack of education regarding prevention and role modeling, (b) only 23% of studies explicitly used a theoretical framework to guide their study, and (c) most studies used heterogeneous groups to examine perceptions. Implications for future research and practice are presented.
ISSN:1090-1981
1552-6127
DOI:10.1177/1090198111398129