Cargando…

Engaging New Parents in the Development of a Peer Nutrition Education Model Using Participatory Action Research

This study investigated the implementation model and research methods of a peer education program for new parents focused on infant feeding and nutrition. Two hundred and sixty-nine parents with an infant aged birth to two years old were invited to become co-researchers in a Participatory Action Res...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ball, Richard, Duncanson, Kerith, Ashton, Lee, Bailey, Andrew, Burrows, Tracy L., Whiteford, Gail, Henström, Maria, Gerathy, Rachel, Walton, Alison, Wehlow, Jennifer, Collins, Clare E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8750105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010363
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010102
_version_ 1784631385555730432
author Ball, Richard
Duncanson, Kerith
Ashton, Lee
Bailey, Andrew
Burrows, Tracy L.
Whiteford, Gail
Henström, Maria
Gerathy, Rachel
Walton, Alison
Wehlow, Jennifer
Collins, Clare E.
author_facet Ball, Richard
Duncanson, Kerith
Ashton, Lee
Bailey, Andrew
Burrows, Tracy L.
Whiteford, Gail
Henström, Maria
Gerathy, Rachel
Walton, Alison
Wehlow, Jennifer
Collins, Clare E.
author_sort Ball, Richard
collection PubMed
description This study investigated the implementation model and research methods of a peer education program for new parents focused on infant feeding and nutrition. Two hundred and sixty-nine parents with an infant aged birth to two years old were invited to become co-researchers in a Participatory Action Research (PAR) study over three years. Data included focus group and online participant meeting transcripts, social media data, correspondence between the implementation team and peer educators, and field notes. All data were consolidated regularly and discussed by project participants and the research team. After each PAR cycle, structured content analysis was conducted, informing the next iteration of the implementation model and research methods. Participating parents were highly engaged in child feeding peer-to-peer education, but felt more effective and comfortable being considered as a child-feeding information resource sharer or ‘champion’ rather than a formal peer educator. Similarly, quantitative data collection was only effective when it was integrated seamlessly into the implementation model. PAR methodology suited the diversity and dynamic real-life study setting, facilitating substantial improvements to the peer nutrition intervention model and data collection methods. Our study demonstrated that a genuine collaboration between health professionals and participants to implement research in practice can achieve both intervention outcomes and research aims.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8750105
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-87501052022-01-12 Engaging New Parents in the Development of a Peer Nutrition Education Model Using Participatory Action Research Ball, Richard Duncanson, Kerith Ashton, Lee Bailey, Andrew Burrows, Tracy L. Whiteford, Gail Henström, Maria Gerathy, Rachel Walton, Alison Wehlow, Jennifer Collins, Clare E. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study investigated the implementation model and research methods of a peer education program for new parents focused on infant feeding and nutrition. Two hundred and sixty-nine parents with an infant aged birth to two years old were invited to become co-researchers in a Participatory Action Research (PAR) study over three years. Data included focus group and online participant meeting transcripts, social media data, correspondence between the implementation team and peer educators, and field notes. All data were consolidated regularly and discussed by project participants and the research team. After each PAR cycle, structured content analysis was conducted, informing the next iteration of the implementation model and research methods. Participating parents were highly engaged in child feeding peer-to-peer education, but felt more effective and comfortable being considered as a child-feeding information resource sharer or ‘champion’ rather than a formal peer educator. Similarly, quantitative data collection was only effective when it was integrated seamlessly into the implementation model. PAR methodology suited the diversity and dynamic real-life study setting, facilitating substantial improvements to the peer nutrition intervention model and data collection methods. Our study demonstrated that a genuine collaboration between health professionals and participants to implement research in practice can achieve both intervention outcomes and research aims. MDPI 2021-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8750105/ /pubmed/35010363 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010102 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Ball, Richard
Duncanson, Kerith
Ashton, Lee
Bailey, Andrew
Burrows, Tracy L.
Whiteford, Gail
Henström, Maria
Gerathy, Rachel
Walton, Alison
Wehlow, Jennifer
Collins, Clare E.
Engaging New Parents in the Development of a Peer Nutrition Education Model Using Participatory Action Research
title Engaging New Parents in the Development of a Peer Nutrition Education Model Using Participatory Action Research
title_full Engaging New Parents in the Development of a Peer Nutrition Education Model Using Participatory Action Research
title_fullStr Engaging New Parents in the Development of a Peer Nutrition Education Model Using Participatory Action Research
title_full_unstemmed Engaging New Parents in the Development of a Peer Nutrition Education Model Using Participatory Action Research
title_short Engaging New Parents in the Development of a Peer Nutrition Education Model Using Participatory Action Research
title_sort engaging new parents in the development of a peer nutrition education model using participatory action research
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8750105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010363
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010102
work_keys_str_mv AT ballrichard engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch
AT duncansonkerith engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch
AT ashtonlee engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch
AT baileyandrew engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch
AT burrowstracyl engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch
AT whitefordgail engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch
AT henstrommaria engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch
AT gerathyrachel engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch
AT waltonalison engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch
AT wehlowjennifer engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch
AT collinsclaree engagingnewparentsinthedevelopmentofapeernutritioneducationmodelusingparticipatoryactionresearch