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dc.contributor.authorGrey, E.B,
dc.contributor.authorAtkinson, L.
dc.contributor.authorChater, Angel M.
dc.contributor.authorGahagan, A,
dc.contributor.authorTran, A.
dc.contributor.authorGillison, Fiona B.
dc.contributor.illustrator
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-21T10:46:59Z
dc.date.available2022-04-08T00:00:00Z
dc.date.available2022-04-21T10:46:59Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-08
dc.identifier.citationGrey EB, Atkinson L, Chater A, Gahagan A, Tran A, Gillison FB (2022) 'A systematic review of the evidence on the effect of parental communication about health and health behaviours on children's health and wellbeing', Preventive Medicine, 159 (107043)en_US
dc.identifier.issn0091-7435
dc.identifier.pmid35405179
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107043
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/625371
dc.description.abstractParents report feeling unsure how best to talk with their children about sensitive health topics and may avoid such conversations; yet if children have questions or concerns about their health, talking to a parent could enhance their health and wellbeing. We investigated the effects of parental communications about health and health behaviours on children's health and wellbeing, and explored what strategies can encourage parents to communicate about health. We conducted a systematic review and narrative synthesis of research published between January 2008 and April 2020 from five databases. Of 14,007 articles identified, 16 met inclusion criteria focusing on five topics: diet and weight (n = 5), body image (n = 2), sexual health (n = 7), physical activity (n = 1) and bullying (n = 1). Positive child outcomes were associated with positive general parent-child communication characterised by warmth, openness and allowing children choice. Conversely, hostility, negative and inconsistent messaging were associated with poorer outcomes. Interventions to increase parent-child communication could be classified as providing single directive messages, media campaigns or intensive support. Single messages increased communication frequency; media campaigns and intensive interventions showed mixed outcomes. No differences in outcomes were found according to child's gender or socio-economic status. Generally, parents were less confident in initiating, rather than continuing, conversations and were more likely to initiate conversations when they felt they had good topic knowledge. While the relatively small, diverse sample limits the strength of these findings, this review provides provisional support for approaches to promote positive parent-child communication about health that are associated with better child health and wellbeing.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743522000913en_US
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dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectparent-child communicationen_US
dc.subjectsystematic reviewen_US
dc.subjecthealth communicationen_US
dc.subjectparentingen_US
dc.subjectchild wellbeingen_US
dc.subjecthealth behavioursen_US
dc.subjectSubject Categories::L431 Health Policyen_US
dc.titleA systematic review of the evidence on the effect of parental communication about health and health behaviours on children's health and wellbeingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1096-0260
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Bathen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAston Universityen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Bedfordshireen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Health and Social Careen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUK Health Security Agencyen_US
dc.identifier.journalPreventive Medicineen_US
dc.date.updated2022-04-21T10:40:54Z
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