International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 4 authors, 4 centres
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This cross-sectional study surveyed 52 Brazilian immigrant parents in the U.S. to assess their preferences for designing a future family-based intervention to promote healthy behaviors in preschool-age children. Parents showed high interest in content on key energy balance-related behaviors and preferred intervention modalities involving community health workers and digital messaging.
Using a survey, researchers assessed parent preferences for intervention content across seven healthful energy balance-related behaviors (EBRBs) and for delivery modalities and language. The central finding is that 85% or more parents were interested or very interested in content on five EBRBs, including increasing fruits/vegetables and reducing screen time. Preferred modalities were group sessions with community health workers (86.5%), email (84.6%), and messaging (78.8%), with 71.2% wanting content in Portuguese. The study had limitations, including a small, convenience sample of low-acculturation parents in one region, limiting generalizability. The findings provide foundational data to develop a culturally and linguistically tailored, multi-component intervention using channels like community health workers and WhatsApp.
