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TL;DR
Specifically, social support was positively associated with parents' health knowledge, which in turn was associated with children's health practices, but the direct effect of social support on children's practices was not significant.
Global Health Research and Policy · 2 authors, 2 centres
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Specifically, social support was positively associated with parents' health knowledge, which in turn was associated with children's health practices, but the direct effect of social support on children's practices was not significant.
Structural equation modeling was used for analysis. The results showed a positive association between parents' social support and their own health knowledge about BMI and nutrition. Both parents' social support and health knowledge were positively associated with children's health practices. Crucially, the analysis indicated that the effect of parents' social support on children's practices was fully mediated by parents' health knowledge. The authors conclude that social support's influence on health practice is dependent on the health knowledge it conveys. A key limitation is the cross-sectional design, which limits causal inference; the study also collected data only from parents, not children.