Exploring the Parents' Attitudes and Perceptions About School Breakfast to Understand Why Participation Is Low in a Rural Midwest State

Natoshia M Askelson; Elizabeth H Golembiewski; Andrew Ghattas; Steven Williams; Patti J Delger; Carrie A Scheidel

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2016.10.011

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Exploring the Parents' Attitudes and Perceptions About School Breakfast to Understand Why Participation Is Low in a Rural Midwest State

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Exploring the Parents' Attitudes and Perceptions About School Breakfast to Understand Why Participation Is Low in a Rural Midwest State

Natoshia M Askelson, Elizabeth H Golembiewski, Andrew Ghattas, Steven Williams, Patti J Delger and Carrie A Scheidel

Journal of nutrition education and behavior, Vol.49(2), pp.107-116.e1

02/2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.10.011

PMID: 27940261

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To explore parental attitudes and perceptions about the school breakfast program in a state with low school breakfast participation. A cross-sectional study design that used an online survey completed by parents supplemented with district data from a state department of education. The survey included quantitative and qualitative components. A rural Midwestern state with low school breakfast participation. Parents and caregivers of children in grades 1–12 were recruited through schools to complete a survey (n = 7,209). Participation in a school breakfast program. A generalized estimating equation model was used to analyze the data and account for the possible correlation among students from the same school district. Open-end survey items were coded. Parents identified several structural and logistic barriers in response to open-ended survey items. Factors associated with breakfast participation include perceived benefits, stigma related to those for whom breakfast is intended, and the importance of breakfast. Interventions should be designed to test whether changing parent perceptions and decreasing stigma will lead to increased breakfast participation. Policy, systems, and environment changes addressing the structural and logistic barriers also may have the potential to increase participation.

nutrition

school meals

children

rural

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Title: Subtitle: Exploring the Parents' Attitudes and Perceptions About School Breakfast to Understand Why Participation Is Low in a Rural Midwest State
Creators: Natoshia M Askelson - Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Public Policy Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Elizabeth H Golembiewski - Department of Health Policy and Management, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Andrew Ghattas - Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Steven Williams - North Liberty Food Pantry, North Liberty, IA
Patti J Delger - Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines, IA
Carrie A Scheidel - Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines, IA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of nutrition education and behavior, Vol.49(2), pp.107-116.e1
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.10.011
PMID: 27940261
NLM abbreviation: J Nutr Educ Behav
ISSN: 1499-4046
eISSN: 1878-2620
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000199, name: U.S. Department of Agriculture, award: CNTN-13-IA
Language: English
Date published: 02/2017
Academic Unit: Biostatistics; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984064197802771

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