Abstract
Little is known about the association between social capital and child behaviors. This study aims to investigate that association A complete population-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted for all the caregivers with preschool children in a rural town in Okayama prefecture in Japan. Two dimensions of individual-level social capital and unhealthy child behaviors were reported by parent-administered questionnaire. We analyzed 354 preschool children (57.6% of all children for whom questionnaires were completed). Children whose main caregiver had high cognitive social capital were 89% less likely to miss breakfast (odds ratio [OR] =0.11; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.01-1.03). Children whose caregiver had high structural social capital were 71 % less likely to wake up late (OR = 0.29; 95% CI: 0.120.71) and 78% less likely to skip tooth brushing more than once per day (OR = 0.22; 95% CI: 0.05-0.93). Both cognitive and structural social capital were negatively associated with unhealthy child behaviors. A further intervention study is needed to confirm the impact of social capital on child behavior.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 343-350 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Acta Medica Okayama |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
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Keywords
- Child health
- Skipping breakfast
- Social capital
- Tooth brushing
- Watching TV
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
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Does Caregiver's social bonding enhance the health of their children? The association between social capital and child behaviors. / Fujiwara, Takeo; Takao, Soshi; Iwase, Toshihide; Hamada, Jun; Kawachi, Ichiro.
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AU - Fujiwara, Takeo
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AU - Hamada, Jun
AU - Kawachi, Ichiro
PY - 2012
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N2 - Little is known about the association between social capital and child behaviors. This study aims to investigate that association A complete population-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted for all the caregivers with preschool children in a rural town in Okayama prefecture in Japan. Two dimensions of individual-level social capital and unhealthy child behaviors were reported by parent-administered questionnaire. We analyzed 354 preschool children (57.6% of all children for whom questionnaires were completed). Children whose main caregiver had high cognitive social capital were 89% less likely to miss breakfast (odds ratio [OR] =0.11; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.01-1.03). Children whose caregiver had high structural social capital were 71 % less likely to wake up late (OR = 0.29; 95% CI: 0.120.71) and 78% less likely to skip tooth brushing more than once per day (OR = 0.22; 95% CI: 0.05-0.93). Both cognitive and structural social capital were negatively associated with unhealthy child behaviors. A further intervention study is needed to confirm the impact of social capital on child behavior.
AB - Little is known about the association between social capital and child behaviors. This study aims to investigate that association A complete population-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted for all the caregivers with preschool children in a rural town in Okayama prefecture in Japan. Two dimensions of individual-level social capital and unhealthy child behaviors were reported by parent-administered questionnaire. We analyzed 354 preschool children (57.6% of all children for whom questionnaires were completed). Children whose main caregiver had high cognitive social capital were 89% less likely to miss breakfast (odds ratio [OR] =0.11; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.01-1.03). Children whose caregiver had high structural social capital were 71 % less likely to wake up late (OR = 0.29; 95% CI: 0.120.71) and 78% less likely to skip tooth brushing more than once per day (OR = 0.22; 95% CI: 0.05-0.93). Both cognitive and structural social capital were negatively associated with unhealthy child behaviors. A further intervention study is needed to confirm the impact of social capital on child behavior.
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