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

ABSTRACT: 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 chil

SUBMITTER: Ball R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8750105 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature