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Title: | Enabling mothers of young children in a low SES area to co-design the support they are seeking for the adoption of healthy behaviours |
Authors: | Wittels, P Kay, T Mansfield, L |
Keywords: | behaviour;mothers;co-production;self-help;diet;physical activity |
Issue Date: | 18-Oct-2023 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications on behalf of Royal Society for Public Health |
Citation: | Wittels, P., Kay, T. and Mansfield, L. (2023) 'Enabling mothers of young children in a low SES area to co-design the support they are seeking for the adoption of healthy behaviours', Perspectives in Public Health, 0 (ahead of print), pp. 1 - 6. doi: 10.1177/17579139231205488. |
Abstract: | Aims: There is a need for interventions that meet the needs of low socioeconomic status (SES) groups, to encourage the adoption of healthy diets and physical activity, in line with current public health guidance. This qualitative research used co-production, a method which actively involves the relevant community, to identify and describe public health interventions to support a group of mothers of young children living in a low SES area. Methods: A group of 20 mothers took part in three in-depth qualitative interviews to discuss in detail the type of support that would be of value to them for the adoption and maintenance of healthy behaviours. The mothers were subsequently invited to take part in a public engagement project, a community-based self-help group. Results: Four themes explained the principles of interventions that would be of value in supporting the mothers with the adoption of healthy behaviours, namely, a community-based self-help group, support for the whole family and support in the home and influencing the environment. These were then further developed into two types of intervention (1) learning for self-help and family care, which encompassed the first three learning-based themes and (2) community of support, which covered influencing the environment and the experience of the community-based self-help group. Conclusion: Co-production enabled a group of mothers of young children, from a low SES area, to describe the type of support that would help them with the establishment and maintenance of healthy lifestyle behaviours. A community-based self-help group warrants further research. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27845 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139231205488 |
ISSN: | 1757-9139 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCID iD: Paula Wittels https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0613-4192 ORCID iD: Tess Kay https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6452-3247 ORCID iD: Louise Mansfield https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4332-4366 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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