healthdev Flashcards

(9 cards)

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What is the overall goal of health-related parenting?

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To promote a child’s healthy physical, mental, and social development by reading distress cues, implementing healthy practices, and providing supportive environments

(WHO, 1978; Tinsley, 2003)

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What parenting behaviours promote healthy development?

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  • Warmth and control (authoritative style)
  • Reasoning and offering choices
  • Modelling healthy behaviours
  • Encouraging physical activity and healthy eating
  • Limiting screen time and unhealthy foods
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What demographic factors are associated with poorer child health outcomes?

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  • Low income
  • Low maternal education
  • Ethnic minority status
  • Family structure (mixed findings)
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What does the research say about parenting styles and child BMI?

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  • Authoritative linked to lower BMI, permissive linked to higher BMI
  • 5/8 longitudinal studies found authoritative parenting predicted lower BMI gains
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What parenting practices improve fruit and vegetable intake?

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  • Reasoning and offering choices
  • Authoritative style linked to better outcomes
  • Permissive style linked to poorer intake
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What parental behaviours promote children’s physical activity?

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  • Encouragement
  • Modelling physical activity
  • Providing logistic support
  • Reducing sedentary behaviour through restrictions
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How does parenting influence screen time?

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  • Authoritative parenting and high restriction reduce screen time
  • Permissive parenting linked to >4hrs of TV per day
  • Autonomy-supportive communication and clear rules reduce media use
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How is parenting style linked to adolescent substance use?

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  • Authoritative: Protective
  • Neglectful: Increased risk
  • Permissive: Linked to increased drinking and smoking
  • Research on authoritarian is inconclusive
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What conclusion can be drawn about parenting and health?

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Parenting is crucial in shaping children’s health behaviours. Authoritative style generally produces the best outcomes, but more research is needed for cultural contexts and specific mechanisms.

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