@article{59195b3e7bdf4a569163e6a7475c8c96,
title = "Effects of Culturally Tailored Nutrition Education on Dietary Quality of Hispanic Mothers: A Randomized Control Trial",
abstract = "Objective: To assess whether participation in a culturally tailored nutrition education program increases diet quality of Hispanic mothers. Design: A randomized controlled trial. Setting: Community centers and universities. Participants: Sixty-five mothers (35 in experimental group, 30 in control group) completed pre- and postworkshop surveys. Eligibility criteria included being of Mexican or Puerto Rican descent and having a child between the ages of 6 and 18 years who could participate in the workshops with the parent. Intervention: Families in the experimental group participated in a 6-week workshop series that included weekly nutrition education classes. Main Outcome Measure: Diet quality was assessed by the Rate Your Plate questionnaire. Analysis: Repeated measures ANOVA was used to compare differences between the experimental and control groups. A Wilcoxon signed rank test was conducted to test for significant shifts in categorization pre- and postprogram. Results: There was a significant change in diet quality categorization after participating in the workshops (P < .001, effect size 0.39). No changes were found in the control group. Conclusions and Implications: Abriendo Caminos was effective at increasing the diet quality of Hispanic mothers who participated the most in the program. More research is needed in this at-risk population to determine the relationships among nutrition knowledge, diet quality, and achievement of healthy weight.",
keywords = "Hispanic families, diet quality, health promotion, obesity, obesity prevention",
author = "{the Abriendo Caminos Research Team} and Hammons, {Amber J.} and Hannon, {Bridget A.} and Margarita Teran-Garcia and Maribel Barragan and Elizabeth Villegas and Angela Wiley and Barbara Fiese",
note = "Funding Information: This research project is supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive grant no. 2015-68001-23248 from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Childhood Obesity Prevention Challenge Area to Cooperative Extension and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the US Department of Agriculture. The authors acknowledge the undergraduate research members of the Abriendo Caminos Research Lab team at the University of Illinois and California State University, Fresno, who contributed to this project through data collection and program implementation. We gratefully acknowledge our participants who made this study possible. The Abriendo Caminos Research Team includes Margarita Teran-Garcia, MD, PhD (PI) and Barbara Fiese, PhD (PD) at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Angela Wiley, PhD (PD) at Auburn University; Amber Hammons, PhD (PD) at California State University, Fresno; Kimberly Greder, PhD (PD) at Iowa State University; Maria Plaza-Delestre, PhD (PD) and Nancy J. Correa Matos, PhD (Co-PI) at the University of Puerto Rico; and Norma Olvera, PhD (PD) at University of Houston. Funding Information: This research project is supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive grant no. 2015-68001-23248 from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Childhood Obesity Prevention Challenge Area to Cooperative Extension and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the US Department of Agriculture. The authors acknowledge the undergraduate research members of the Abriendo Caminos Research Lab team at the University of Illinois and California State University, Fresno, who contributed to this project through data collection and program implementation. We gratefully acknowledge our participants who made this study possible. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019",
year = "2019",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jneb.2019.06.017",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "51",
pages = "1168--1176",
journal = "Journal of Nutrition Education",
issn = "1499-4046",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "10",
}