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Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Despite their wide usage, it has recently been suggested that stroller use may reduce physical activity levels of young children. However, there have been no studies on stroller use as it relates to physical activity outcomes. The objectives of this study were to understand the context o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26289426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1989-6 |
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author | Birken, Catherine S. Lichtblau, Bradley Lenton-Brym, Talia Tucker, Patricia Maguire, Jonathon L Parkin, Patricia C. Mahant, Sanjay |
author_facet | Birken, Catherine S. Lichtblau, Bradley Lenton-Brym, Talia Tucker, Patricia Maguire, Jonathon L Parkin, Patricia C. Mahant, Sanjay |
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description | BACKGROUND: Despite their wide usage, it has recently been suggested that stroller use may reduce physical activity levels of young children. However, there have been no studies on stroller use as it relates to physical activity outcomes. The objectives of this study were to understand the context of stroller use for young children and parents’ perceptions of the relationship between stroller use and their children’s physical activity. METHODS: Parents of children 1 to 5 years of age were recruited through two sites of TARGet Kids!, a primary-care, practice-based research network in Toronto, Canada. Fourteen semi-structured interviews were conducted. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim and two independent reviewers conducted thematic analysis. A number of strategies were employed to ensure the trustworthiness of the data. RESULTS: Parents discussed reasons for stroller use (i.e., transportation; storage; leisure; supervision/confinement; parent physical activity; and sleep), factors that influence the decision to use a stroller (i.e., caregiver choice; convenience, timing, distance; family lifestyle; and child preference), and perceived impact of stroller use on physical activity (i.e., most parents did not recognize a connection between stroller use and physical activity). CONCLUSION: This study provides a context for researchers and policy makers to consider when developing stroller related physical activity guidelines for young children. |
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spelling | pubmed-45460492015-08-23 Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study Birken, Catherine S. Lichtblau, Bradley Lenton-Brym, Talia Tucker, Patricia Maguire, Jonathon L Parkin, Patricia C. Mahant, Sanjay BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Despite their wide usage, it has recently been suggested that stroller use may reduce physical activity levels of young children. However, there have been no studies on stroller use as it relates to physical activity outcomes. The objectives of this study were to understand the context of stroller use for young children and parents’ perceptions of the relationship between stroller use and their children’s physical activity. METHODS: Parents of children 1 to 5 years of age were recruited through two sites of TARGet Kids!, a primary-care, practice-based research network in Toronto, Canada. Fourteen semi-structured interviews were conducted. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim and two independent reviewers conducted thematic analysis. A number of strategies were employed to ensure the trustworthiness of the data. RESULTS: Parents discussed reasons for stroller use (i.e., transportation; storage; leisure; supervision/confinement; parent physical activity; and sleep), factors that influence the decision to use a stroller (i.e., caregiver choice; convenience, timing, distance; family lifestyle; and child preference), and perceived impact of stroller use on physical activity (i.e., most parents did not recognize a connection between stroller use and physical activity). CONCLUSION: This study provides a context for researchers and policy makers to consider when developing stroller related physical activity guidelines for young children. BioMed Central 2015-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4546049/ /pubmed/26289426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1989-6 Text en © Birken et al. 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Birken, Catherine S. Lichtblau, Bradley Lenton-Brym, Talia Tucker, Patricia Maguire, Jonathon L Parkin, Patricia C. Mahant, Sanjay Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study |
title | Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study |
title_full | Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study |
title_short | Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study |
title_sort | parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26289426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1989-6 |
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