Introduction to the special issue on child and family health: the role of behavioral medicine in understanding and optimizing child health

Wu, Yelena P.; Herbert, Linda; Walker-Harding, Leslie R.; Tercyak, Kenneth P.

doi:10.1093/tbm/ibz056

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“…Interventions to change child and youth physical activity (PA) may also present an opportunity to improve family function. Child and youth PA promotion often includes school‐based and community initiatives (van Sluijs et al, 2011; Verjans‐Janssen et al, 2018; Wu et al, 2019), yet the family system is likely the centerpiece for enabling and reinforcing lifestyle behavioral patterns (Rhodes, Guerrero, et al, 2020). A child's behavior is interconnected within the structure and function of the family system (Cox & Paley, 1997) and thus support from parents and other family members represent critical enablers of child PA through encouragement, logistical support, modeling, coparticipation, and spectating at child sports (Craggs et al, 2011; Hutchens & Lee, 2018; Pratt et al, 2017; Trost & Loprinzi, 2011).…”

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Family‐based physical activity interventions and family functioning: A systematic review

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Family physical activity (PA) can confer multiple health benefits, yet whether PA interventions affect general family functioning has not been appraised. The purpose of this review was to evaluate studies that have examined the effect of family PA interventions, where child PA was the focus of the intervention, on constructs of family functioning. Literature searches were concluded on January 11, 2022 using seven common databases. Eligible studies were in English, utilized a family PA intervention, and assessed a measure of family functioning as a study outcome. The initial search yielded 8413 hits, which was reduced to 20 independent PA interventions of mixed quality after screening for eligibility criteria. There was mixed evidence for whether family PA interventions affected overall family functioning; however, analyses of subdomains indicated that family cohesion is improved by PA interventions when children are in the early school years (aged 5–12). High‐quality studies also showed an impact of family PA interventions on family organization. Targeted interventions at specific family subsystems (e.g., father–son, mother–daughter), characteristics (low‐income, clinical populations, girls), and broad multibehavioral interventions may have the most reliable effects. Overall, the findings show that family PA interventions can promote family cohesion and organization, particularly among families with children in the early school years. Higher quality research, employing randomized trial designs and targeting specific intervention and sample characteristics (e.g., different clinical conditions, specific parent–child dyads), is recommended in order to better ascertain the effectiveness of these approaches.

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Family‐based physical activity interventions and family functioning: A systematic review

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“…Introduction to the diamond anniversary special issue: systematic reviews in Translational Behavioral Medicine and an editorial look ahead Suzanne M. Miller, 1 Keith M. Bellizzi, 2 Deborah J. Bowen, 3 Michael A. Diefenbach, 4 Kenneth P. Tercyak 5 The year 2020 will certainly be remembered as a time of great change for the health and well-being of the entire population in the US, and around the globe. The pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus and COVID19 are stark reminders of how vitally important it is for clinicians, researchers, and policymakers to all come together in the interest of protecting the public's health and bettering the human condition through discovery and innovation in science and healthcare delivery.…”

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“…Keith Bellizzi has taken the helm for TBM's new virtual issues: compilations of previously published articles that are curated around a contemporary theme or hot topic and made available to readers online through the journal's website. Finally, Tercyak et al collaborated on two special issues in translational genomics [4] and pediatrics [5] that highlight cross-cutting research themes in both SBM and TBM. Impressively, TBM has already published seven special issues and three special sections that address questions targeted to key domains across the entire spectrum of health needs in prevention and control under the current editorial leadership.…”

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