Elementary School Personnel's Perceptions on Childhood Obesity: Pervasiveness and Facilitating Factors

Autor/inn/en	Odum, Mary; McKyer, E. Lisako J.; Tisone, Christine A.; Outley, Corliss W.
Titel	Elementary School Personnel's Perceptions on Childhood Obesity: Pervasiveness and Facilitating Factors
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 83 (2013) 3, S.206-212 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12016
Schlagwörter	School Personnel; Attitude Measures; Obesity; Child Health; Semi Structured Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Rural Schools; Hispanic American Students; African American Students; Elementary School Students; Family Environment; Nutrition; Eating Habits; Life Style; Phenomenology; Family Influence; Elementary Schools; Qualitative Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulpersonal; Adipositas; Lehrerverhalten; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Familienmilieu; Ernährung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Lebensstil; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	Background: Researchers in numerous disciplines have investigated the effects of the school environment on childhood obesity (CHO), one of the greatest current health concerns in the United States. There is a gap in current empirical evidence, however, on school personnel's perspectives of this issue. This study examined school personnel's perceptions of obesity as a problem among school-aged children and their views on factors contributing to obesity. Methods: Thirty-one semistructured interviews were conducted with elementary school personnel (teachers, administrators, and support staff) from 5 rural schools with a predominantly Hispanic (58.18%) and Black (30.24%) student population. The constant comparison method was used to identify emergent themes. Results: All but one participant considered obesity to be a problem among elementary children. Factors facilitating obesity most frequently cited by school personnel were home environment, poor nutrition, child control of dietary choices, child inactivity, and entertainment electronics. Conclusions: Child control of dietary choices in both home and school environments was identified as a major contributor to obesity. Further exploration of this control is warranted to understand the complexity of this dynamic and its potential link to CHO. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10