Careful conversations: an educational video to support parents in communicating about weight with their children
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Careful conversations: an educational video to support parents in communicating about weight with their children Kody A. Klupt1, Stephan M. Oreskovich1, Julie Bernard-Genest1,2, Barkha P. Patel1, Lisa Chu1, Elizabeth Dettmer1, Catharine M. Walsh1, Michele Strom1, Amy C. McPherson3,4, Jonah Strub1, Alissa Steinberg1, Cathleen Steinegger1 and Jill K. Hamilton1*
Abstract Background: Parents may struggle to initiate healthy weight-related conversations with their children. Educational videos may be an effective tool for improving parents’ knowledge and self-efficacy on this topic. The aim of this pilot study was to develop an educational video to assist parents in weight-related conversations with their child, and to assess changes in parents’ self-efficacy on this topic. Methods: Video development was based on a scoping review and semi-structured interviews with parents. Respondent demographics and user satisfaction were assessed at pre- and post- video, and 4–6 months later. Selfefficacy scores were compared between parent groups based on weight concerns over time. Results: Fifty-seven parents participated in the video questionnaires, and 40 repeated measures 4–6 months later. Significant improvements in self-efficacy in “raising the issue of weight” and “answering questions or concerns” were found after watching the video (p ≤ 0.002) compared to baseline, and scores 4–6 months post baseline remained slightly elevated, but non-significant. Parents with concerns about their child being overweight had significantly lower perceived self-efficacy scores compared to parents with no concerns about their child’s weight (p = 0.031). The video was found to be positively received and of relevance to parents across a number of different domains. Conclusion(s): Preliminary findings suggest an educational video about initiating weight-related conversations may be an effective tool for increasing parents’ perceived self-efficacy in the short term. Further work is needed to validate findings in a randomized controlled trial, and with diverse parent populations. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03664492. Registered 10 September 2018 – Retrospectively registered Keywords: Educational video, Communicating weight, Parents, Pediatric obesity, Healthy conversations
* Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Division of Endocrinology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario M5G1X8, Canada Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless ind
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