title: Intergenerational analysis of dietary practices and health perceptions of Hispanic women and their adult daughters.
abstract: This descriptive, correlational, two-group study investigated differences between dietary practices, acculturation, and health perceptions in a convenience sample of Hispanic mothers and their adult daughters (N = 76, 47 mother-daughter dyads). Analysis (paired t tests) of the Block Screening Questionnaire, General Acculturation Index, and Self-Rated Health Subindex of the Multilevel Assessment Instrument showed significant differences: Daughters ate more fat (p = .04) and were more acculturated than their mothers (p = .0001). The Pearson correlation yielded a significant relationship for the 76 subjects between fat intake (dietary practice) and health perception: The more fat (meat/snacks) intake, the more negatively women perceived their health status (p = .0001).
authors.affiliation: San Jacinto College Central, USA. lgarci@central.sjed.tx.us
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Garcia-Maas
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000523:psychology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D016746:Transcultural Nursing