The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthy Lifestyles in Rural Families.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the current study is to understand how the early portion of COVID-19 pandemic impacted the health behaviors of rural families participating in a healthy lifestyles intervention. Caregivers of rural children participating in a healthy lifestyles intervention were invited to participate in a structured interview regarding how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their family and family health behaviors. Interviews were transcribed and the research team conducted a rigorous inductive thematic analysis. Structured qualitative interviews with caregivers (n=30) resulted in 5 saturated themes: (a) caregivers reported new or exacerbated mental health concerns and stress among family members, largely due to social isolation and external stressors, (b) caregivers reported feeling out of con

SUBMITTER: England KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9531899 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature