Diet and health inequalities (DIO) food project: feeding intentions and practices of parents and carers of infants (0-6 months) living on a low income in the UK. [Protocol]

Hunter, Emma; Douglas, Flora; Johnstone, Alexandra

Abstract

The aim of this qualitative research study is to capture parents' and carers' lived experiences and perceptions of the relationship between the current food system and other influences impacting infant feeding practice, associated with the current cost of living crisis. The study will seek to recruit parents from food insecure households in England and Scotland who have had a baby and responsibility for the care of a baby 0-6 months, during the period January 2022 till April 2024. We will identify our 'experts of food insecurity by experience' through a screening process, which will use the same modified version of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale. We will ask our participants to relate their feeding experiences and perspectives that are concerned with the first six months of the baby's life. This period is when, in the life course of infancy, according to UNICEF recommendations and guidelines, babies should be exclusively breast fed. Participants will be asked to reflect on their experiences of feeding their infant (including their feeding intentions) during this cost-of-living crisis context and with the UNICEF guidelines in mind.

Citation

HUNTER, E., DOUGLAS, F. and JOHNSTONE, A. 2023. Diet and health inequalities (DIO) food project: Feeding intentions and practices of parents and carers of infants (0-6 months) living on a low income in the UK. [Protocol]. Hosted on OSF [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/834HU

• Other Type: Protocol
• Online Publication Date: Oct 4, 2023
• Publication Date: Oct 4, 2023
• Deposit Date: Oct 17, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 13, 2025
• Publisher: OSF: Center for Open Science
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/834HU
• Keywords: Social and behavioral sciences; Life sciences; Nutrition; Low income families; Feeding experiences; Infants
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2098390
• Related Public URLs: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2509220 (Poster presented at 1st Nourishing Futures Network international conference (NFN 2024)); https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2695935 (Project report, hosted on OSF)
• Additional Information: This protocol was first registered on OSF on the 4th October 2023. This version was last edited 4th October 2023.