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http://dx.doi.org/10.4094/chnr.2020.26.4.445

Who are the Assistant Cooks at the Community Child Centers in South Korea? Focus Group Interviews with Workfare Program Participants  

Park, Jiyoung (College of Nursing, Institute for Health Science Research, Inje University)
Park, Chongwon (Department of English Language and Literature, Pukyong National University)
Kim, Sanghee (College of Nursing, Institute for Health Science Research, Inje University)
Hoor, Gill A. Ten (Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University)
Hwang, Gahui (College of Nursing, Yonsei University)
Hwang, Youn Sun (Department of Nursing, Division of Health Science, Dongseo University)
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Child Health Nursing Research / v.26, no.4, 2020 , pp. 445-453 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: Community child centers (CCCs) were introduced to provide after-school activities and care, including meal services to children from low-income families. The assistant cooks, who have the main responsibility for making and serving food at CCCs, are a major factor influencing the eating habits of children using CCCs. In this study, we tried to identify and understand who the assistant cooks are, what their job responsibilities are, and what they need in order to be able to provide children with healthy meals. Methods: Three focus group interviews were held with 17 workfare program participants who worked as assistant cooks at CCCs, and content analysis methods were applied using the NVivo 12 qualitative data analysis software. Results: The assistant cooks reflected on their perceptions of the children's health at the CCCs, their own cooking style, and their role at the CCCs. Additionally, barriers to the optimal provision of their services were pointed out, and improvements were suggested. Conclusion: The results of this study can be used as a fundamental resource for the development of tailored interventions that consider a child's unique environment to address health disparities, specifically with respect to childhood obesity.
Keywords
Eating behavior; Focus groups; Health status disparities; Pediatric obesity;
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