title: Examining the diet of post-migrant Hispanic males using the precede-proceed model: predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling dietary factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine socio-environmental, behavioral, and predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling (PRE) factors contributing to post-migration dietary behavior change among a sample of traditional Hispanic males.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this descriptive study, semistructured interviews, a group interview, and photovoice, followed by group interviews, were used to examine dietary change and contributing factors. The behavioral, environmental, organizational, and educational assessment phases of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model guided the organization of dietary contributing factors for development of a nutrition intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  The southern region of Mississippi.
  
  
  METHODS
  Traditional Hispanic males (n = 19) were identified from 35 Hispanic males who participated in a larger study. The traditional Hispanic males were identified by the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II and the Marginality Scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the Grounded Theory approach to data analysis, themes and core categories relating to dietary behavior were identified and defined during the analysis process. The constant comparison method was used to identify key themes among coders.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cultural gender role and living structure, as socio-environmental factors, influenced the PRE dietary factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multiple factors influence dietary behavior in the target population. The identified socio-environmental factors underlie the PRE factors and, therefore, must first be addressed in nutrition interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Marywood University, Scranton, PA 18509, USA. cuycastellanos@maryu.marywood.edu
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cuy Castellanos
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Downey
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Graham-Kresge
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yadrick
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zoellner
authors.forename: Carol L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Connell
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D004777:Environment; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005783:Gender Identity; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult