Butterfly Girls; promoting healthy diet and physical activity to young African American girls online: rationale and design

Thompson, Debbe; Mahabir, Rory; Bhatt, Riddhi; Boutte, Cynthia; Cantu, D. Antonio; Vazquez, Isabel M.; Callender, Chishinga; Cullen, Karen Weber; Baranowski, Tom; Liu, Yan; Walker, Celeste; Buday, Richard

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-709

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“…The Butterfly Girls Study and the Quest for Founder's Rock ( BFG ) is an online obesity prevention program created for 8–10 year old African American girls and parents (Thompson et al, 2013). The purpose of this paper is to identify relationships and associations between child and parent characteristics with child FV consumption.…”

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The baseline characteristics of parents and African American girls in an online obesity prevention program: A feasibility study

Callender

Liu

Moore

et al. 2017

Preventive Medicine Reports

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The objective of this paper was to identify the relationships and associations between child and parent characteristics with child fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption in an online obesity prevention program for 8–10 year old African American girls. Girls and a parent (n = 342 child-parent pairs) in the southwestern US completed baseline data collection from 2012 to 2014. Girls and a parent completed self-report questionnaires online. Girls also completed two unannounced 24 hour telephone-based dietary recalls. The relationships of parent demographic characteristics, child FV intake, and psychosocial variables (child and parent) were examined by analysis of variance. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to determine the relationships between psychosocial variables and child FV intake. Child FV intake was significantly greater in the highest household education (p = 0.001) and income groups (p = 0.004). FV home availability was higher with older parents (p = 0.007) and two-parent households (p = 0.033). Child FV intake was positively related to child FV preferences (p < 0.001), FV home availability (p = 0.022), and FV home accessibility (p = 0.002) but was negatively related to family barriers to FV consumption (p = 0.000). The study highlighted significant findings between child FV consumption and parent psychosocial variables and demographic characteristics that may offer insights for the design of effective obesity prevention interventions for 8–10 year old African American girls.ClinicaTrials.gov (NCT01481948).

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The baseline characteristics of parents and African American girls in an online obesity prevention program: A feasibility study

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Liu

Moore

et al. 2017

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“…Specifically, this study shows that interventions at earlier ages (for example, in grade school) may be needed for Asian males and non-white females. Many trials like GEMS, 45–48 TAAG, 49 and others 50–54 have focused on increasing MVPA among females, especially African American females. Yet, to our knowledge few trials have been developed to increase MVPA in Asian-American males.…”

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Developmental Trends and Determinants of Physical Activity From Adolescence to Adulthood Differ by Ethnicity/Race and Sex

Miller¹,

Pereira²,

Wolfson³

et al. 2018

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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Background Interventions to raise population physical activity generally show modest effects; one possible reason is that trends and determinants of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) differ between population subgroups. This study examined differences in trends in and determinants of reported MVPA by ethnicity/race and sex in a 15-year longitudinal study. Methods Participants (n=2092) in the Project EAT study were surveyed on MVPA behavior and potential determinants from adolescence to young adulthood. Generalized estimating equations were used to model age trends in MVPA and associations with determinants. Results Mean MVPA declined by 2.1 hours per week over 15 years of follow-up from adolescence to young adulthood. Asian males reported the lowest levels of MVPA at each age. Non-white females reported less MVPA than white females at each age. The association of body mass index (BMI) with MVPA differed by sex and ethnicity/race. Asian males and females showed lower levels of MVPA at both low and high BMI. Conclusions Interventions to increase MVPA may need to begin earlier among Asian men and non-white women than among other groups. Asian adolescents with lower BMI show lower MVPA, and may benefit from additional intervention efforts compared to Asian adolescents with normal BMI.

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“…FTO will be completed online using procedures from other online studies [ 41 , 42 ]. Parents/adolescents will complete the sessions together; they will each be given unique passwords to log on to the program.…”

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Use of Relational Agents to Improve Family Communication in Type 1 Diabetes: Methods

Thompson¹,

Cullen²,

Redondo³

et al. 2016

JMIR Res Protoc

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BackgroundPhysiological and environmental risk factors interact to undermine blood glucose control during early adolescence. This has been documented to be associated with family conflict and poor adherence to diabetes management tasks. Family Teamwork is an efficacious program demonstrated to enhance family communication and reduce conflict during this vulnerable period. It was designed to be delivered to families in-person, which limited reach and potential impact.ObjectiveThe purpose of this paper is to present the protocol for adapting Family Teamwork for Web-based delivery.MethodsFormative research with health care providers, parents, and adolescents will help modify Family Teamwork for Web-based delivery by a relational agent (ie, a computerized character with human-like features and actions). Sessions will be interactive, requiring both parent and adolescent participation, with the relational agent serving as a health coach. After programming, usability testing will be conducted to help ensure the program is easy to use. Video and instructional materials will be developed to facilitate use, and a small pilot study will be conducted to assess feasibility. Families will provide written informed consent prior to participation in any phase of the study. The Institutional Review Board at Baylor College of Medicine reviewed and approved the protocol (H-37245).ResultsFormative research is underway. No results are available at this time.ConclusionsThis research has the potential to make an important contribution to diabetes management by using technology to enhance the reach of an efficacious program.

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Butterfly Girls; promoting healthy diet and physical activity to young African American girls online: rationale and design

Cited by 19 publications

References 44 publications

The baseline characteristics of parents and African American girls in an online obesity prevention program: A feasibility study

The baseline characteristics of parents and African American girls in an online obesity prevention program: A feasibility study

Developmental Trends and Determinants of Physical Activity From Adolescence to Adulthood Differ by Ethnicity/Race and Sex

Use of Relational Agents to Improve Family Communication in Type 1 Diabetes: Methods

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