Brenda Gruver, Danielle Kieck, Morgan Casciole, Natalie Everett, Laura Kline, Kimberly Ference
Perceptions of near-peer teaching in a pharmacy skills-based laboratory
American journal of pharmaceutical education
despite recognition parents critical stakeholders childhood obesity prevention obesity research overwhelmingly focused mothers recent review fathers represented 17 parent participants 600 observational studies parenting childhood obesity current study examined representation fathers family interventions prevent childhood obesity characteristics interventions include fathers compared include mothers eligible studies included familybased interventions childhood obesity prevention published 2008 2015 identified recent systematic review data intervention characteristics extracted original review using standardized coding scheme data augmented new data number participating fathersmale caregivers mothersfemale caregivers 85 eligible interventions 31 37 included mothers fathers 29 34 included mothers 1 1 included fathers 24 28 provide information parent gender interventions included fathers half included 10 fewer fathers across interventions fathers represented mere 6 parent participants father inclusion common interventions targeting families elementary schoolaged children 610 years grounded ecological systems theory less common interventions focused young children 01 years prenatal period targeting sleep environment study emphasizes lack fathers childhood obesity interventions highlights particular need recruit engage fathers young children prevention efforts