Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Pacific Islander parents, feeding practices, cultural preferences, infant body weight
College
Nursing
Abstract
My Orca project aimed at researching Pacific Islander parents’ feeding practices and cultural preferences about infant body weight. I analyzed 10 interviews of Utahan Pacific Islander families in a focused ethnographic study about Pacific Islander caregivers’ infant feeding and health-related activities. The main stipulations of the interviews included: one of the participant caregivers needed to be Pacific Islander and at least one of the participant’s children needed to be an infant between six to 18 months of age. There were 11 females and 5 male caregivers interviewed ages 23-61 years, with a mean age of 29.6 years. Ethnicities of the caregivers included: four Hawaiian, three Samoan, four Tongan, two Pacific Islander, two Caucasian and one Native American. Of the ten interviews, there were three female and seven male infants with a mean age of 13.9 months.
Recommended Citation
Coleman, Jaclyn and Lassetter, Jane H.
(2014)
"Pacific Islander Parents’ Feeding Practices and Cultural Preferences About Infant Body Weight,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 1057.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/1057