Research Journal #3

Article #1 (practice, example, anecdote)

1. Dishion, Thomas J.; Montana, Zorash; Shaw, Daniel S.; Smith, Justin D.; Wilson, Melvin N. (2015). Preventing Weight Gain and Obesity: Indirect effects of the family check-up in early childhood. Prevention Science. 16 (3), 408-419.

2. This is a great example source because it follows the answers to a question the authors had about child obesity and the link it connects to through family management which are two of my key terms. This article is directly relevant to my topic because it relates to not only the key terms, but the general question. Family-based approaches to child development are successful when all members are involved. This creates a circle of well-being and support for children to grow and thrive. Not only does this study prove that intervention and prevention of family management are great methods to minimizing/eliminating child obesity the facts are in the study itself. Although this is an indirect approach to ridding childhood obesity it is proven that early onset prevention and intervention successfully account for lower BMI numbers of the children who participated in the study early on in their youth. This is a great example of how childhood nutrition can be improved through family management which directly relates to my research question.

3. I intend on using this source to prove that to have good nutrition habits throughout one’s lifetime they have to learn good habits at home. I would like to keep this study as an anecdotal example to show that 1. Some families need this management to sustain a healthy environment for their children 2. It is not necessary for every family 3. To raise awareness about family management in the home and how it successfully relates to good nutrition habits that reflect on your children. However, as of now I don’t know which source to begin my research paper with this will most likely come in the early section of my review so I can relate my topic to a relevant source that created a strong message.

4. One interesting thing I learned is that there is a growing, and long-standing recognition that parenting and low interest/unsuccessful parent-child relationships are directly related to child obesity rates. This is interesting considering the fact that many adults relate depression and overeating. This is a direct sign of malfunction in the house, and although it should be addressed as such this happens every day all over America, and no one is doing anything about it, or even knows about it.

Article #2 (research, cohort, case control)

1. Serbin, Lisa A. (2014). The influence of parenting on early childhood health and health care utilization. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 39 (10), 1161-1174.

2. This is an article that is directly related to my research question, and it can be used as an example source. Good parenting in the early stages of childhood are inexcusably important to a child’s well-being. The source explains how good parent function is in direct relation to child functioning because they tend to both either be successful or neglectful. This article demonstrates an good use of criteria specifically pertaining to my key terms. It’s very relevant to my question as it analyzes the correlation between youth nutrition and family management in the home and not only the current socioeconomic status but the SES of the parents when they were children as well.

3. I plan to use this source to demonstrate the effects of SES on child development and family management in the home. While this is an extremely relevant source it gives me a lot of information that also doesn’t pertain directly to my question, because of this I plan to use sparingly as an example/reference of how 1. SES reflects on families for generations 2. usage of early child care in hospitals present valuable health habits for youth 3. Positive, healthy environments are key to a healthy lifestyle at all ages.

4. Something very interesting I learned from this article was that socioeconomic status affects the well-being of families for many generations. I never really thought of this, but the behaviors your grandparents learned are reflected throughout your family. This is something I would like to share in my literature review because it was very new and exciting information to read.

Article #3 (practice, research)

1. Adamo, Kristi B; Brett, Kendra E. (2014). Parental Perceptions and Childhood Dietary Quality. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 18(4), 978-995.

2. This is an article that I keep referring to when I think about the main topic of my literature review. Not only is it extremely relevant and resourceful the authors went above and beyond the literature review that also helped to accrue reflections and opinions that helped many families in need.  While they also discuss the variable factors that play an integral role related to child development this study emphasizes nutritional development and how common parental conceptions/misconceptions are directly related to their heath. This is a primary article I hope to stem a lot of information from and continue to reference back to get an overall view of my main topic.

3. Along with article #2 I plan on using this as a primary source to help begin and explain my research project. Child development is a critical growth period for all youth, and during this time they need to learn many habits that will help lead them to live successful and healthy lives through adulthood. The results in this study prove that dietary/nutrition of youth is essential to good overall health, it improves quality of life, and is essentially detrimental to each human being. Results also show that parent and family management play a key role in defining health for their little ones, and must provide the necessary costs to help their child reach their full potential. Throughout different cultures, levels of income and socioeconomic status, and varying age of parents their personal knowledge of health and well-being is reflected onto their children. Parents have the potential to either have either a powerful positive influence or a negative one. It is imperative to be a good role model for your children, and whether they follow your lead or not they need to be taught what is right from wrong and a parent is a child’s best teacher.

  

4. One very interesting fact I learned from this article is that many parents don’t believe that their personal actions reflect on their children. Many parents admitted to disagreeing that their children picked up different food habits along the way, that their child is picky, or they believe they simply formed their own habits/food knowledge.

Article #4 (cohort, research, mixed methods, participatory action)

1. King, Kristi McClary. (2015). Results of a 3-year nutrition and physical activity intervention for children in rural, low SES elementary schools. Health Education Research. 30, (4). 647-659.

2. In the United States children’s physical health and nutrition have become a topic of interest due to the numbers of obese or overweight children in the country. This article is directly related to my research topic as the research shows early intervention/prevention methods help children learn healthy nutritional habits early in life, they want to be healthy and eat well, and they learn the difference between healthy/unhealthy acts and can choose the correct choice for themselves. This mixed methods research study correlates extremely well to my question because it relates childhood nutrition, socioeconomic status, and family management. Children spend 5 out of 7 days in school so it’s no wonder that they’re influenced by not only their family but their teachers and peers as well. While providing an intervention program in problem schools it significantly raised nutrition rates among children over the three years, and improved not only their nutrition health but physical and mental as well. This study proves that improvement within the family home, and even outside of it, can show results among children and the knowledge they’re provided with on a daily basis.

3. I’m a big fan of school intervention projects because children spend so much of their time in school it’s easy to be influenced and pick up bad habits one normally wouldn’t in a good home despite socioeconomic status. I think this is a great article to use because it gives an example of how intervention can be used to change daily habits over time especially because many children stay in the same school for years. Over the course of this time school management can integrate many kinds of activities that will follow the children through their schooling and into adulthood. I hope to use this article to reiterate the importance of positive peers in a child’s life. Also, many rural schools cannot find the funding for such projects and already being in a low-income area can help reduce positive outcomes an elementary school in a middle-income neighborhood would have. I think it’s important to present these studies so more parents/volunteers/community members become aware or involved in their local elementary school to help ensure children are gaining the experience to reach high potentials, no matter their family’s income level or neighborhood.

Article #5 (research, cohort)

1. Berge, Jerica M.; Hanson, Carrie; Jagaraj, Kimberly; Braaten, Kent; Won Jin, Seok; Doty, Jennifer. (2015). Play it Forward! A community-based approach to childhood obesity prevention. Families, Systems, and Health. 34(1). 15.  

2. I would like to use this source as a direct example of how intervention/prevention programs are proven to reduce childhood obesity and increase nutrition health. Through community-based/family intervention activities and engagement exercises children can reach optimal well-being and feel support from their family and community. Many parents also said that “Play It Forward!” was a way to help them feel involved in community planning while the citizen action group (CAG) who coordinated the event said it was quite the positive experience to be a part of a great cause. This is exactly the kind of outcome we need to reduce obesity prevalence in young children and it’s encouraging to see communities taking action. I want to refer to “Play It Forward!” as an action plan that any community could take part in. Although there’s a lot of work that comes with planning community events there are many more beneficial aspects that override the time and cost spent. When you look at the outcome of these events it plays a crucial role in long-time community successfulness when observing child potential and family management. The only things this article doesn’t contain is the SES factors which is why I plan on using it sparingly as an example source.  

3. I plan on using this article solely as a reference to positive engagement between families and their children in their community. Because programs like this tend to consume a lot of time, energy and money the response they need to continue the program needs to be influential, beneficial, and positive. I believe I was use this article to emphasize the important of parent roles and activity in their children’s lives. In the United States childhood obesity rates have been on the rise due to several first world country alternatives to activity such as technology, fast-food, costs of living, required number of work hours, ad required number of school hours for each family member. I want to stress the importance of living a healthy life by oneself and with children. I’m hoping to use this article as a guide to another source that will further emphasize the importance of parental roles, most likely article #2 above.

4. An interesting thing I learned from this article was that most obesity interventions are carried out in specialty clinics or health care clinics. I think this is an unfair to all children because only the ones who are exposed to obesity are learning from this intervention, it isolates overweight/obese children, and it takes a lot of time for a parent to get the help they need for their child.