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Generating Rural Options for Weight (GROW) Healthy Kids and Communities
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Volume 46, Number 4S, 2014 UP16 (continued) high fidelity; and the school program with moderate reach, dose, and fidelity. Preliminary findings demonstrate significant impacts on psychosocial factors and food-related behaviors. Conclusions and Implications: These findings are being used to disseminate the OPREVENT program to other communities. Funding: USDA Grant #2010-85215-20666
UP17 Design and Evaluation of the ‘‘Our Healthy Block’’ Pilot Program Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, [email protected], University of Pennsylvania, 801 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19004; A. Hillier, MSW, PhD; N. Thomas, MBA; C. Cannuscio, ScD; A. Karpyn, PhD, The Food Trust; C. Watts, University of Pennsylvania Objective: Design and evaluate a pilot intervention to address barriers to healthy food access and activity in urban Philadelphia neighborhoods. Description: Informed by a mixed-methods assessment of residents' shopping and physical activity patterns and barriers and facilitators to healthy food access and activity, and observational assessments of local food environments, we engaged community members in designing a program emphasizing ‘‘block-based’’ environmental changes to prevent or reduce obesity. Evaluation: The Our Healthy Block program was carefully monitored and pre-post surveys were used for outcome evaluation. Conclusions and Implications: Strategies and findings will be presented. Funding: USDA Grant #2010-85215-20659
UP18 How Adolescents and Parents Food Shopping Patterns and Social Interaction When Shopping is Associated With Dietary Outcomes in Rural Communities Alison Gustafson, PhD, MPH, RD, Alison.gustafson@uky. edu, University of Kentucky, 206G Funkhouser, Lexington, KY 40506; C. Taylor, PhD, RD, The Ohio State University; I. Adams, PhD, RD, University of Kentucky; C. Spees, PhD, RD, The Ohio State University Objective: Describe the relationship between parent and adolescent food shopping patterns and behaviors and association with dietary intake. Description: Adolescents and their primary caregiver were recruited to participate in a cross-sectional survey in four counties of Kentucky and Ohio in fall 2013. Evaluation: Adolescents who purchase food from school vending, gas stations, and convenience stores combined consumed more sugar-sweetened beverages. Adolescents who shopped with a friend at a fast food establishment consumed more mean added sugars.
USDA NIFA Poster Abstracts S193
Conclusions and Implications: Policies and interventions need to address cumulative shopping behavior and social interactions within food venues. Grant Number: USDA Grant #2013-69001-20407
UP19 Direct Observation of Parent-Child Dinner Interactions Based on Self-Reported Feeding Styles Sheryl O. Hughes, PhD, [email protected], USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates, Houston, TX 77030; T. G. Power, PhD, Washington State University; S. L. Johnson, PhD, University of Colorado Denver; L. S. Goodell, PhD, North Carolina State University Objective: Our aim was to further validate the Caregiver's Feeding Styles Questionnaire through direct observation of low-income Hispanic and African-American parent-child interactions during the dinner meal. Description: Dinnertime videotapes on eighty families equally distributed on child ethnicity, gender, and weight status were coded using a coding system adapted from a general parenting paradigm. Evaluation: Self-reported feeding styles differed in observed behavior. Authoritarian parents encouraged eating and forced compliance. Authoritative parents used low directive strategies. Authoritative parents engaged in non-influencing conversation. Uninvolved mothers made unelaborated commands. Conclusions and Implications: Knowing what actually takes place during dinnertime in low-income families will inform the development of effective interventions. Funding: USDA Grant # 2011-68001-30009 Other Funding/Support: AFRI Childhood Obesity Prevention: Integrated Research, Education, and Extension to Prevent Childhood Obesity
UP20 Generating Rural Options for Weight (GROW) Healthy Kids and Communities Deborah H. John, PhD, [email protected], Oregon State University, 345 Hallie E. Ford Center, Corvallis, OR 97331; K. Gunter, PhD; M. Manore, PhD; G. Langellotto, PhD Objective: A contextual model for obesity prevention was created for the rural Western US and tested in Oregon to improve weight-healthy behaviors and BMI among elementary school-aged children. Description: Measures were developed and applied at multiple levels to establish baseline and longitudinal data. Evaluation: Data revealed significant, inverse relationships between obesity and activity for second through fifth grade children. Rural community and school contexts are under and inequitably resourced to support recommended weight-healthy behaviors. Conclusions and Implications: Simultaneous contextual changes at multiple levels are required to balance children's energy equation and reverse the rural obesity trend. Funding: USDA Grant #2011-68001-30020
UP17 Design and Evaluation of the ‘‘Our Healthy Block’’ Pilot Program Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, [email protected], University of Pennsylvania, 801 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19004; A. Hillier, MSW, PhD; N. Thomas, MBA; C. Cannuscio, ScD; A. Karpyn, PhD, The Food Trust; C. Watts, University of Pennsylvania Objective: Design and evaluate a pilot intervention to address barriers to healthy food access and activity in urban Philadelphia neighborhoods. Description: Informed by a mixed-methods assessment of residents' shopping and physical activity patterns and barriers and facilitators to healthy food access and activity, and observational assessments of local food environments, we engaged community members in designing a program emphasizing ‘‘block-based’’ environmental changes to prevent or reduce obesity. Evaluation: The Our Healthy Block program was carefully monitored and pre-post surveys were used for outcome evaluation. Conclusions and Implications: Strategies and findings will be presented. Funding: USDA Grant #2010-85215-20659
UP18 How Adolescents and Parents Food Shopping Patterns and Social Interaction When Shopping is Associated With Dietary Outcomes in Rural Communities Alison Gustafson, PhD, MPH, RD, Alison.gustafson@uky. edu, University of Kentucky, 206G Funkhouser, Lexington, KY 40506; C. Taylor, PhD, RD, The Ohio State University; I. Adams, PhD, RD, University of Kentucky; C. Spees, PhD, RD, The Ohio State University Objective: Describe the relationship between parent and adolescent food shopping patterns and behaviors and association with dietary intake. Description: Adolescents and their primary caregiver were recruited to participate in a cross-sectional survey in four counties of Kentucky and Ohio in fall 2013. Evaluation: Adolescents who purchase food from school vending, gas stations, and convenience stores combined consumed more sugar-sweetened beverages. Adolescents who shopped with a friend at a fast food establishment consumed more mean added sugars.
USDA NIFA Poster Abstracts S193
Conclusions and Implications: Policies and interventions need to address cumulative shopping behavior and social interactions within food venues. Grant Number: USDA Grant #2013-69001-20407
UP19 Direct Observation of Parent-Child Dinner Interactions Based on Self-Reported Feeding Styles Sheryl O. Hughes, PhD, [email protected], USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates, Houston, TX 77030; T. G. Power, PhD, Washington State University; S. L. Johnson, PhD, University of Colorado Denver; L. S. Goodell, PhD, North Carolina State University Objective: Our aim was to further validate the Caregiver's Feeding Styles Questionnaire through direct observation of low-income Hispanic and African-American parent-child interactions during the dinner meal. Description: Dinnertime videotapes on eighty families equally distributed on child ethnicity, gender, and weight status were coded using a coding system adapted from a general parenting paradigm. Evaluation: Self-reported feeding styles differed in observed behavior. Authoritarian parents encouraged eating and forced compliance. Authoritative parents used low directive strategies. Authoritative parents engaged in non-influencing conversation. Uninvolved mothers made unelaborated commands. Conclusions and Implications: Knowing what actually takes place during dinnertime in low-income families will inform the development of effective interventions. Funding: USDA Grant # 2011-68001-30009 Other Funding/Support: AFRI Childhood Obesity Prevention: Integrated Research, Education, and Extension to Prevent Childhood Obesity
UP20 Generating Rural Options for Weight (GROW) Healthy Kids and Communities Deborah H. John, PhD, [email protected], Oregon State University, 345 Hallie E. Ford Center, Corvallis, OR 97331; K. Gunter, PhD; M. Manore, PhD; G. Langellotto, PhD Objective: A contextual model for obesity prevention was created for the rural Western US and tested in Oregon to improve weight-healthy behaviors and BMI among elementary school-aged children. Description: Measures were developed and applied at multiple levels to establish baseline and longitudinal data. Evaluation: Data revealed significant, inverse relationships between obesity and activity for second through fifth grade children. Rural community and school contexts are under and inequitably resourced to support recommended weight-healthy behaviors. Conclusions and Implications: Simultaneous contextual changes at multiple levels are required to balance children's energy equation and reverse the rural obesity trend. Funding: USDA Grant #2011-68001-30020