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Promoting Healthy Eating Attitudes Among Uninsured Primary Care Patients.
- Source :
- Journal of Community Health; Aug2016, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p805-811, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Obesity is associated with a number of chronic health problems such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. While common prevention and treatment strategies to control unhealthy weight gain tend to target behaviors and lifestyles, the psychological factors which affect eating behaviors among underserved populations also need to be further addressed and included in practice implementations. The purpose of this study is to examine positive and negative emotional valence about food among underserved populations in a primary care setting. Uninsured primary care patients (N = 621) participated in a self-administered survey from September to December in 2015. Higher levels of perceived benefits of healthy food choice were associated with lower levels of a negative emotional valence about food while higher levels of perceived barriers to healthy food choice are related to higher levels of a negative emotional valence about food. Greater acceptance of motivation to eat was associated with higher levels of positive and negative emotional valence about food. Spanish speakers reported greater acceptance of motivation to eat and are more likely to have a negative emotional valence about food than US born or non-US born English speakers. The results of this study have important implications to promote healthy eating among underserved populations at a primary care setting. Healthy food choice or healthy eating may not always be achieved by increasing knowledge. Psychological interventions should be included to advance healthy food choice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FOOD habits
OBESITY complications
ACADEMIC medical centers
ANALYSIS of variance
BEHAVIOR modification
CHI-squared test
CHRONIC diseases
COMMUNITIES
STATISTICAL correlation
DEMOGRAPHY
DIET
EMOTIONS
ETHNIC groups
FOOD
HEALTH behavior
HEALTH promotion
MEDICAL care
MEDICAL needs assessment
MEDICALLY uninsured persons
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
PATIENTS
PRIMARY health care
RACE
RESEARCH funding
WORK
DATA analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00945145
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 116527504
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-016-0157-y