title: A home-based nutrition and physical activity intervention for grandparents raising grandchildren: a pilot study.
abstract: Five African American grandparents raising their grandchildren participated in a home-based nutrition and physical activity intervention. The primary goals were to increase grandparents' knowledge and skills in selecting and preparing healthy foods and to increase the grandparents' and grandchildren's physical activity levels. Results revealed that grandparents' concerns regarding their chronic diseases and desire to prevent health problems in their grandchildren served as motivators. Following the intervention, grandparents scored higher on nutrition and physical activity knowledge and their self-efficacy improved, although most health status indicators remained unchanged. Self-reported changes included walking more, reading food labels, and switching to a healthier type of fat.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nutrition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3995, USA. jkicklighter@gsu.edu
authors.forename: Jana R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kicklighter
authors.forename: Deborah M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Whitley
authors.forename: Susan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Judith E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Tamara S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Melton
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D053198:Child Nutrition Sciences / Q000193:education*; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D020377:Self Efficacy