@article{4d686026edf34fa1aaa07cf1b5c067fb,
title = "Guided evaluation activities to understand children{\textquoteright}s experience of an obesity prevention programme",
abstract = "Objective: In this paper, we describe an approach to engage young children in evaluating the impact of La Vida Buena, a community health worker–led childhood obesity intervention for Latino children aged 5–8 years. Design: This paper describes the collaborative process used to pilot, refine, implement and evaluate evaluation activities, including a drawing and sorting activity, with child participants. Setting: La Vida Buena was implemented with Latino children aged 5–8 years and their parents or caregivers. The children were patients at a Federally Qualified Community Health Centre in a rural town on the US–Mexico Border. The intervention was implemented in a community setting. Methods: Participants were invited to participate in Guided Evaluation Activities during the 3-month and 6-month data collection points. Children participated in a drawing and sorting activity and discussion facilitated by teenage health facilitators or a community health worker. An observer took notes during the activities, and results were analysed by a university evaluator and La Vida Buena staff. Results: Findings demonstrated that the children understood some key messages of the class and identified important areas for improvement in the curriculum content and delivery. Conclusion: By designing evaluation methods that take the unique needs and perspectives of children into account, health promotion programmes can move beyond relying on parent-centric evaluation approaches and gain a deeper understanding of how children experience health intervention programmes.",
keywords = "Childhood obesity, Latino, children{\textquoteright}s health, community health workers, health promotion, participatory evaluation, qualitative methods",
author = "Kathryn Tucker and Maia Ingram and Diana Martinez and Alicia Sander and Roxanna Flores",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health through the Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation grant (Grant Number 5-CPIMP171152-02-05). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the US Department of Health and Human Services or the Office of Minority Health. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. Funding Information: We acknowledge the teenage health facilitators Madai Bustamante and Annette Garcia for their support in piloting and facilitating the Guided Activities with Children Sessions, as well as Rosie Piper, Health Promotion Manager at Mariposa Community Health Centre, for logistical support and input to the analysis of findings. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health through the Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation grant (Grant Number 5-CPIMP171152-02-05). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the US Department of Health and Human Services or the Office of Minority Health. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2021.",
year = "2022",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1177/00178969211052355",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "81",
pages = "109--120",
journal = "Health Education Journal",
issn = "0017-8969",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "1",
}