Janine M. Jurkowski|Hal A. Lawson|Lisa L. Green Mills|Paul G. Wilner|Kirsten K. Davison
The Empowerment of Low-Income Parents Engaged in a Childhood Obesity Intervention
parents influence childrens obesity risk factors infrequently targeted interventions study targeting lowincome parents integrated communitybased participatory research approach family ecological model empowerment theory develop childhood obesity intervention article 1 examines pre postintervention changes parents empowerment 2 determines effects intervention dose empowerment 3 determines whether changes parent empowerment mediate previous changes identified food physical activity screenrelated parenting prepost quasiexperimental design evaluation demonstrated positive changes parent empowerment empowerment predicted improvement parenting practices integrated model applied study provides means enhance intervention relevance guide translation childhood obesity health disparities studies