Perceptions of childcare staff for preventing overweight in Mexican preschool children: A SWOT analysis
To identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) perceived by childcare staff for preventing childhood overweight. Material and methods: Qualitative study using an interpretative phenomenological approach; 18 in-depth, semi-structured interviews and 12 focus groups with 89 key in...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Institucional Abierto de Conocimiento en Salud Pública |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.insp.mx:20.500.12096/7817 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/8897 https://www.doi.org/10.21149/8897 http://repositorio.insp.mx:8080/jspui/handle/20.500.12096/7817 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | AdultAttitude to Health,Child Day Care Centers,Child, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMexicoMiddle AgedPediatric Obesity prevention controlYoung Adult,child care, day care exercise healthy diet overweight preschool. info:eu-repo/classification/cti/3 |
| Sumario: | To identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) perceived by childcare staff for preventing childhood overweight. Material and methods: Qualitative study using an interpretative phenomenological approach; 18 in-depth, semi-structured interviews and 12 focus groups with 89 key informants working in six Mexican public childcare centers (CCC) were conducted. Through content and SWOT analyses, experts further ranked fifty-nine recurrent perceptions regarding healthy feeding and physical activity (PA), using the Delphi method. Results: Strengths: Acknowledgement of the CCC's responsibility in fostering healthy feeding, availability of organizational regulations, and access to PA infrastructure/indoor activities. Weaknesses: Disregard of preschool overweight as a health problem, nu- tritional misperceptions, and perceived risk of child injuries while conducting PA. Opportunities: Willingness to reduce children's access to junk foods, and parental active play with children during weekends. Threats: Limited family nutritional education, and restricted parental time/economic constraints/access to safe public spaces for PA. Conclusions: The identified SWOT must be considered when developing obesityprevention interventions targeted at CCC. |
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