Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 13-24, February 2011

Ensuring Children Eat a Healthy Diet: A Theory-Driven Focus Group Study to Inform Communication Aimed at Parents

  • LeeAnn Kahlor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Advertising and Public Relations, 1 University Station, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: LeeAnn Kahlor, PhD.
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  • Michael Mackert, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Advertising and Public Relations, 1 University Station, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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  • Dave Junker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Advertising and Public Relations, 1 University Station, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
    • ,
  • Diane Tyler, PhD, RN, FNP

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

published online 21 December 2009.

The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) served as a framework for analyzing focus group transcripts (N = 43) focused on parents' perceptions of the challenges of ensuring their children eat a healthy diet. The results suggest that parents consider their beliefs and behaviors as individuals within a society, within families, within cultures, as inheritors of family traditions, and as parents who influence or fail to influence the attitudes and behaviors of their children. The results showed the particular salience of factors related to the TPB concepts of perceived norms and control. Approaches to building theory-driven nursing interventions are suggested.

Key words: Obesity, Overweight, Intervention, Focus groups, Parents, Theory of planned behavior

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PII: S0882-5963(09)00294-2

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2009.10.005

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 13-24, February 2011

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