Doctor of Nursing Practice - Scholarly Projects | 2019
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Item A family-based intervention targeting childhood obesity among Ghanaian immigrants: Quality improvement project(2019) Asomani, Gladys; Abraham, AnnieChildhood obesity is an epidemic in developed and undeveloped countries. Obesity and being overweight are said to have a significant effect on physical health, as well as social and psychological consequences in children. The effects of environmental factors, lifestyle behavior, and cultural beliefs play a significant role in this epidemic. Most parents do not identify their children as obese or overweight due to their lack of understanding of childhood obesity. Obesity in the Ghanaian culture is viewed as a positive implication in life; therefore, the quality improvement (QI) project is centered on providing knowledge to influence change regarding obesity. This QI project of a family-based intervention targeting childhood obesity among Ghanaian immigrants using a diet and physical activity approach will help bring awareness and knowledge change. The specific target population for this project was Ghanaian mothers who reside in the United States, who are between the ages of 21 and 43 years, and who have children in a faith-based location. The instrument used in this project was the Family Eating and Activity Habits Questionnaire (FEAHQ), which is categorized into four phenomena, including activity level, eating style, eating related to hunger, and stimulus exposure. Concerning activity levels, the M scores were 1.51 for mothers, 1.28 for fathers, and 2.08 for children. The eating style category was higher at posttest for mothers, at t (22) = 10.04, p =.000. In the eating related to hunger category, 80% of children will delay eating when not hungry compared to a pretest response of 32%. The M score for families eating in restaurants decreased from 1.80 pretest to 1.04 posttest.Item Parental awareness of childhood obesity: A quality improvement initiative(2019) Cole, Leticia; Roussel, LindaThe incidence of childhood obesity continues to rise, placing an increased risk of morbidity and mortality in adulthood. Over the years, the perceived “normal” weight increased causing a shift in parental misperceptions of their child’s actual weight (Hansen, Duncan, Tarasenko, Yan, & Zhang, 2014). Parental misperception of their child’s weight status is likely to lead to decreased motivation to address and change childhood obesity (Lundahl, Kidwell, & Nelson, 2014). Examination of parental perceptions can generate instructive information for addressing parental perceptions, increasing readiness to change, and managing the overweight and obese child. (Hansen et al., 2014). The goal of this quality improvement project was to assess parental perceptions of the overweight child and readiness to change behaviors. The project analysis revealed there remains a disproportionate number of parents who underestimate their child’s weight, as well as an association between parental perception of their child’s weight and readiness to change. This misperception is one that must be addressed to begin the process of treating and managing obesity. The results are intended to provide information to assist in increasing awareness of parents’ perceptions of their overweight child’s weight status as a starting point to the next steps towards implementing an obesity prevention and management plan.