عنوان

The Factors Affecting Healthy Food Choices Among Saudi Arabian Adolescents Attending King Abdullah Academy in Fairfax, Virginia

شماره

TL51271

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Factors Affecting Healthy Food Choices Among Saudi Arabian Adolescents Attending King Abdullah Academy in Fairfax, Virginia

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Almuqati, Dhuha

نام ساير پديدآوران

Batheja, Sapna

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Howard University

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2019

متن يادداشت

71 p.

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

M.S.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

Howard University

امتياز متن

2019

متن يادداشت

The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of Saudi Arabian adolescents attending King Abdullah Academy regarding healthy eating. Information about the motivational factors and barriers to healthy eating among students; the sources of nutritional knowledge among Saudi Arabian adolescents, and the suggestions on how to increase healthy eating have been gathered. The research was a qualitative cross-sectional study using focus groups. Participants were Saudi Arabian students, aged 13 to 17 years, attending King Abdullah Academy, a Saudi Arabian international school located in Floris, an unincorporated area in Fairfax county, Virginia. Two focus groups were conducted, with ten participants in each. The participants recruited via fliers and by word of mouth. Focus groups were conducted at the school in a quiet and private room. The group consisted of a moderator and note-taker and no more than ten students for each focus group session. At the beginning of each session, information about age, gender, health condition, and period of living in the United States were collected. The questions focused on the youths' perceptions of healthy food, sources of their nutritional knowledge, motivations for healthy eating, barriers to following a healthy diet, and preferred ways to enhance making healthy food choices. The groups were conducted in English. All focus group sessions were audio-recorded and the data from each focus group were transcribed. All data were kept confidential. The Nvivo 11 Software was utilized in the data analysis. Key words and phrases from the data were determined and coded into categories, which classified into common themes. Perceptions of Healthful Foods , Sources of Nutritional Information, Factors Motivating the Eating of Healthful Foods, Barriers to Eating Healthful Foods, Methods of Promoting Healthful Eating and Desirable Components of a School-Based Program. Findings of this study confirmed the need to increase availability of healthful food especially at school, promote physical activity, improve nutritional awareness and implementation of intervention program at school and community level.

اصطلاح موضوعی

Behavioral psychology

اصطلاح موضوعی

Developmental psychology

اصطلاح موضوعی

Health sciences

اصطلاح موضوعی

Middle Eastern studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Nutrition

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Almuqati, Dhuha

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Batheja, Sapna

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

Howard University

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y