Publications by authors named "Evelin Garcia"
Background: Establishing healthy behaviors during a child's first 5 years is essential for healthy growth. Parents are targeted as agents of change because they serve as primary models of behavior during this period. Although parent-focused interventions often target empowerment as a driver of change, our understanding of how parents experience the process of empowerment in the context of child health promotion remains limited.
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- This study evaluates the Communities for Healthy Living (CHL) trial aimed at obesity prevention in conjunction with the Head Start program for low-income families, focusing on children's health.
- The trial utilized a stepped wedge design with 16 Head Start programs in Boston, implementing interventions like media campaigns and a wellness program for parents, while measuring child BMI and weight-related behaviors over two school years due to pandemic constraints.
- Results indicated that, although children's BMI increased during the intervention periods, they showed improved behaviors in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, water intake, and screen time management.
Background: While food parenting is a robust area of inquiry, studies have largely focused on mothers. Given the diversity of family structures today and increases in fathers' engagement in caregiving, fathers' food parenting warrants attention.
Objective: We present a scoping review of research on fathers' food parenting (1990-2019).