TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating parents' food-provision behaviours via the sensitisation method
AU - Pettigrew, Simone
AU - Pescud, Melanie
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In this article, the sensitisation method is introduced as an approach suited to investigating nutrition-related issues affecting disadvantaged families. Using a longitudinal design, sensitisation is a combination of self-introspection, memory work, observation, individual interviews, and focus groups. The method was applied to child obesity as experienced in low socioeconomic families to generate information about parents' food provision attitudes and behaviours. Data were collected in Western Australia between May 2010 and May 2011. The outcome was a large quantity of data that provided deep insight into the food-related experiences of parents of overweight children. The growing awareness produced by the sensitisation process also resulted in reported behavioural change in many of the study participants, thus indicating that the method may effectively constitute an intervention in its own right.
AB - In this article, the sensitisation method is introduced as an approach suited to investigating nutrition-related issues affecting disadvantaged families. Using a longitudinal design, sensitisation is a combination of self-introspection, memory work, observation, individual interviews, and focus groups. The method was applied to child obesity as experienced in low socioeconomic families to generate information about parents' food provision attitudes and behaviours. Data were collected in Western Australia between May 2010 and May 2011. The outcome was a large quantity of data that provided deep insight into the food-related experiences of parents of overweight children. The growing awareness produced by the sensitisation process also resulted in reported behavioural change in many of the study participants, thus indicating that the method may effectively constitute an intervention in its own right.
U2 - 10.1016/j.appet.2013.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.appet.2013.02.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0195-6663
VL - 65
SP - 117
EP - 124
JO - Appetite
JF - Appetite
ER -