Session Information
08 SES 04 A, The Body, Health and Wellbeing
Paper Session
Contribution
According to the WHO, obesity is a problem with epidemic outcome (Branca 2007). It promotes the development of diseases and shortens the life of the persons concerned ( ILSI 2000, WHO 2008). In all western countries socially marginalized adults and children have a significantly greater risk to develop obesity (WHO 2008, Robert Koch Institute, 2008). If there is an additional migration background the chances to become obese are even greater. Intervention and prevention activities which start in childhood are the most promising methods to fight extreme obesity (Muntean 2000; Heindl 2005; Mast 1998). There are a lot of health education programs with this focus in school and also in nursery school in Germany and in Europe but very few of them have been evaluated (Kliche et al. 2008; Liersch & Walter 2011). Particularly in nursery school the existing programs don’t focus on the needs of socially and economically disadvantaged children with and without a migration background (Moebus et al. 2005). Therefore it is important to provide data and to develop on this basis obesity prevention and intervention programs especially focused on the needs of this high risk groups. Primary caregivers have a particular relevance for the developing of behavior in matters of nutrition and exercise. Therefore cooperation between family and nursery school offers great opportunities for preventive educational interventions. The research project aims to contribute to the development of prevention programs.
The objective of this study is to explore the health beliefs and concepts (focus on diet and physical activity) from economically and socially disadvantaged children with and without a migration background, their parents and educators in nursery schools.
The subjective constructions of the interviewed persons and their mutual relations to each other are conceptualized as social co-constructions and are analyzed in their differences and interrelatedness. The theoretical framework is based on an ecosystemic perspective of development (Bronfenbrenner, Lüscher 1981) and the model of salutogenesis (Antonovsky 1997)
Additionally it is of interest how far the knowledge of parents and educators in nursery schools differ from expert advice in the fields of health (focusing on diet and physical activity).
The aim is to relate all results and get an insight in the life-world and the development of socially marginalized children with and without a migration background and to highlight difficulties in matters of health education and promotion. These results may form the basis for a target group-design of health concepts as well as obesity prevention and intervention in health education for nursery schools.
In charge for this project are Prof. Dr. Rolf Werning₁, Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter², Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks² and Dr. Michael Urban₁. Research Assistants are Elena Sterdt² and Roswitha Stöcker₁.
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References
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