Women's physical activity and eating habits: Influence of work-family balance

女性体力活动和饮食习惯：工作与家庭平衡的影响

基本信息

批准号：
7729075
负责人：
JOSEPH G. GRZYWACZ
金额：
$ 32.14万
依托单位：
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2008-12-01 至 2011-11-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7729075
关键词：
Adult Affect Age Behavior Behavior Therapy Behavioral Belief Cessation of life Characteristics Child Child Rearing Chronic Chronic Disease Conflict (Psychology)Data Diet Habits Disadvantaged Disease Eating Behavior Education Effectiveness Employment Equilibrium Exercise Family Food Goals Habits Health Health Promotion and Education Heart Diseases Holidays Hour Individual Intervention Life Life Style Link Measures Mediating Modeling Persons Physical activity Play Policies Population Public Health Race Reliance Research Research Design Resources Role Sampling Schedule School-Age Population Schools Self Care Shapes Time Translating Variant Woman Women&apos s Health Work Working Women Workplace base cohort design effective intervention flexibility health disparity improved meetings novel strategies premature programs psychologic public health relevance success therapy design

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Physical activity and eating habits are believed to play a role in several chronic conditions, and they are claimed to be among the major causes of premature death. Despite widespread public health initiatives, attempts to promote healthy physical activity and eating habits have met with limited success, particularly among women of early child-rearing age as well as Black women and women with little formal education. The goal of this project is to determine the value of targeting work-family balance in workplace-based interventions designed to promote healthy physical activity and eating habits. This project is designed to accomplish to primary specific aims: 1) determine if difficulty balancing work and family (e.g., high work-family conflict) predicts women's level of physical activity (e.g., number of steps per day) and unhealthy eating behaviors (e.g., greater use of commercially-prepared foods); and 2) determine if within-person effects of work-family balance on physical activity and unhealthy eating behaviors differ by race or educational attainment. Additionally, the project was designed to accomplish two secondary aims: 3) evaluate the degree to which the effects of work-family balance on physical activity and unhealthy eating habits are explained (i.e., mediated) by time availability and psychological strain; and 4) determine if family-friendly work characteristics are associated with physical activity and eating habits. The aims of the project will be accomplished by collected repeated-measures data from a cohort of 400 women, stratified by race and educational attainment, and whose oldest child is aged 4 to 9. The project is guided by a conceptual framework arguing that women, particularly Black women and those with little education prioritize their work and family lives over their own self care. Data will be collected at 4 points across one year to capture natural rhythms in women's lives, including those imposed by their child's school schedule (e.g., holiday breaks). Analyses will use a General Linear Mixed Model approach to determine if within-person variation in work-family balance is associated with within-person variation in women's physical activity and eating habits. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The results of this study can be used to improve pubic health. Specifically, the results will provide new information that can be used to shape employment policies, such as those focused on curbing long work hours or those that promote employers' use of flexible scheduling. The results can also be used to inform workplace programs designed to promote healthy physical activity and eating habits.

描述（由申请人提供）：据信身体活动和饮食习惯在几种慢性病中起作用，据称它们是过早死亡的主要原因之一。尽管广泛的公共卫生举措，但试图促进健康的体育锻炼和饮食习惯的尝试取得了有限的成功，尤其是在幼儿幼年的妇女以及黑人妇女和受过正规教育的妇女中。该项目的目的是确定针对基于工作场所的干预措施的工作家庭平衡的价值，旨在促进健康的体育锻炼和饮食习惯。该项目旨在实现主要特定目的：1）确定难以平衡工作和家庭（例如，高工作家庭冲突）预测妇女的体育锻炼水平（例如，每天的步骤数）和不健康的饮食行为（例如，更多地利用公开准备好的食物）； 2）确定工作家庭平衡对体育锻炼和不健康饮食行为的影响是否因种族或教育程度而有所不同。此外，该项目旨在实现两个次要目标：3）评估工作家庭平衡对体育活动和不健康饮食习惯的影响的程度（即介导的）； 4）确定家庭友好的工作特征是否与体育锻炼和饮食习惯有关。该项目的目的将通过从400名妇女组成的重复测量数据来实现，并按照种族和教育程度分层，其年龄最大的孩子年龄在4至9岁之间。该项目以一个概念框架为指导，概念框架认为，妇女，尤其是黑人妇女，尤其是那些很少有教育和家庭生活的人，他们的工作优先级，而不是自己的生活。数据将在一年中以4分收集，以捕捉妇女生活中的自然节奏，包括儿童的学校时间表（例如假期休息）所施加的。分析将使用一种通用的线性混合模型方法来确定工作家庭平衡的内在变化是否与妇女的体育锻炼和饮食习惯的人体内部变化有关。公共卫生相关性：这项研究的结果可用于改善耻骨健康。具体而言，结果将提供可用于制定就业政策的新信息，例如旨在遏制长期工作时间或促进雇主使用灵活安排的信息。结果还可以用于为旨在促进健康体育锻炼和饮食习惯的工作场所计划提供信息。