Manalel JA, Marcum CS, Calabrese S, de la Haye K, Hughes D, Prichard I, Hutchinson A, Wilson C, Koehly L. Intergenerational exchange of healthful eating encouragement: Consideration of family ancestry and disease history.
FAMILIES, SYSTEMS & HEALTH : THE JOURNAL OF COLLABORATIVE FAMILY HEALTHCARE 2019;
37:302-313. [PMID:
31815512 PMCID:
PMC6905198 DOI:
10.1037/fsh0000448]
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Improving diet is a prime target for the prevention and management of chronic disease. The communal coping model suggests that families can mitigate shared risk of chronic disease through encouragement of healthful eating, eliciting preventive behaviors.
METHOD
Using network data from 69 Australian families across three ancestry groups (Anglo, Italian, and Asian) with varied family health histories, the present study applied social network analysis to identify patterns of intergenerational encouragement of healthful eating behavior within families, and assess whether patterns varied by family ancestry or disease density.
RESULTS
Findings indicated variation in patterns of health encouragement by ancestry such that Asian-Australian families were most distinct from the other ancestry groups. While there was no main effect of familial disease history, it moderated the effect of Italian ancestry on intergenerational encouragement patterns.
DISCUSSION
These results provide important context for future family based interventions that leverage normative patterns of intergenerational exchange of encouragement or aim to modify such patterns in an effort to improve family health. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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