Valens Musengamana, Oluyinka Adejumo, Gilbert Banamwana, Marie Josée Mukagendaneza, Thimothée Shahidi Twahirwa, Emmanuel Munyaneza, Jean Damascene Kabakambira
Workplace violence experience among nurses at a selected university teaching hospital in Rwanda
The Pan African medical journal
parent education language use associated child obesity impact interaction less known study assessed whether parent education associated child adiposity association moderated home language use latino families participants n 415 latino families long beach area demographic data obtained selfreport parent surveys childrens body size objectively assessed via bioelectric impedance independent ttests hierarchical linear regressions performed baseline data larger intervention study overall sample parent education child body mass index bmi percentile related p 050 however stratification home language use revealed parent education inversely associated child bmi percentile among whose primary home language spanish p 049 englishbilingual homes p 296 significant associations child percent body fat higher education associated lower bmi percentile spanishspeaking homes research understand home language influences relationship warranted particularly relates subset education health literacy significant results bmi percentile percent body fat highlight fact distinct markers obesity interchangeable