Jess Haines
Biographic Data
| ID | 327457 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jess Haines |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jess |
| FAMILY NAME | Haines |
| SIGNATURE | HAINES J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Guelph |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7315-1211 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 47 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 47 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Sustainable diet perceptions among Canadian young adults: A qualitative study
Purpose Canadian diets are unsustainable, and perceptions of sustainable diets among Canadians are not well-understood. The purpose of this study was therefore to explore perceptions of sustainable diets among Canadians. Design/methodology/approach The study sample comprised 30 Canadians aged 18–35 years (33% male; 3% gender diverse, 27% rural and 27% who did not attend university) who were recruited using online advertisements, posters, snowball…
Better Lunch Boxes: Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Family-Based Pilot Intervention to Support Nutritious Home-Packed Lunches
Background/Objectives: The majority of Canadian children bring a home-packed lunch to school, and previous research suggests lunches are of poor nutritional quality. This pilot study aimed to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of an eHealth family-based intervention designed to improve the nutritional quality of home-packed lunches. Methods : In this 12-week intervention, families (n = 20 parents with children aged 4-8 ye…
Implementing a family-based intervention to promote healthy family routines in deprived neighborhoods – a feasibility study from Bremen, Germany
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children in Europe is high. Particularly ethnic minority and low-income families are at increased risk. This highlights the need for effective family-based interventions addressing multiple obesity-related behaviors tailored to socially deprived families. Addressing this issue, our study aimed to adapt the North American ‘Healthy Habits, Happy Homes’ program to socially deprived neighborhoods in Brem…
Increased Household Responsibility During Covid-19 Is Associated With Higher Current Parenting Responsibility Among Fathers, but Not Mothers
The pandemic may have catalyzed increases in father responsibility and facilitated a shift towards more egalitarian household labor divisions. Findings pose design implications for parenting interventions; for example, programs may shift from mother-focused to family-systems approaches, include content that reflect more egalitarian care, and incorporate curricula that address fathers' increasing responsibilities
Observing general and food-specific parenting in a restaurant setting: An exploratory study
Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of “Supper Heroes”, a family-based sustainable diet intervention
The primary objective of this research was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of "Supper Heroes", a superhero-themed mobile health (mHealth) intervention designed to reduce food waste and increase plant-based protein food intake among families with children aged 9-14 in Ontario, Canada. A single arm, pre-post mixed methods design was used to evaluate the intervention. The 4-month mHealth intervention included 7 online modules with info…
Validation of a brief food parenting measure for fathers: A test of factorial validity, measurement invariance, internal reliability, and concurrent validity
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Fathers' Food Parenting Practices and Children's Diets
Racial and ethnic disparities in children's diets are prevalent. Little is known about how fathers' food parenting practices may contribute to these disparities. We examined racial and ethnic variations in food parenting practices and their associations with 2–6-year-old children's diets in a cross-sectional sample of U.S. fathers surveyed in 2021–2023 (N = 1015; 16% Asian, 9% Black, 6% Hispanic, 70% White; Mage = 37 years) using path analysis. F…
Unpacking and defining food systems literacy with experts through a modified Delphi study
A formative study of grandparent caregivers' grandchild feeding responsibilities and practices
Development of the Food Systems Literacy Competencies Framework for youth: A modified Delphi study with experts
Experts agree that youth need holistic food systems literacy. • 50 key food systems literacy competencies for youth achieved expert consensus. • The Framework provides a roadmap for food systems education and knowledge evaluation. • Competencies must be context specific, are interconnected and developed across the lifespan. Food systems have changed drastically in the last 50 years, are continuously globalizing, and are constantly responding to e…
Food parenting and Children's eating behaviour: Exploring the role of coparenting
Fathers’ use of social media for social comparison is associated with their food parenting practices
Over 85% of parents use social media; however, limited research has investigated the associations between parental social media use and food parenting practices. The objectives of this study were to: 1) describe how mothers and fathers use social media focused on topics related to child feeding and family meals; and 2) examine associations between parental social media use focused on child feeding and family meals and mothers' and fathers' food p…
The Game of Queer Family Life: Exploring 2SLGBTQI+ Parents' Experiences of Cisheteronormativity, Racism, and Colonialism Through Digital Storytelling in Ontario, Canada
In this article we describe and analyze five videos created through an arts-informed research project, Precarious Inclusion: Studying Ontarian 2SLGBTQI+ parents' experiences childrearing in a post-legal parity framework. Precarious Inclusion used interviews and digital storytelling to investigate Ontario 2SLGBTQI+ parents' current experiences of inclusion and exclusion when navigating institutional and social interactions in everyday life in a po…
Coparenting Quality During Covid-19: Exploring Gender Differences Using a Mixed Methods Approach
The aim of this study was to examine potential differences in coparenting quality during the COVID-19 pandemic among mothers and fathers using an embedded mixed methods approach. The objectives were to compare mothers' and fathers' scores on the Coparenting Relationship Scale among 150 mother-father dyads, and to examine mothers' and fathers' perceptions of how COVID-19 influenced their coparenting quality using thematic analysis of 159 mothers' …
Sugar Intake among Preschool-Aged Children in the Guelph Family Health Study: Associations with Sociodemographic Characteristics
This study underscores the significant influence of multiple sociodemographic characteristics on sugar intake in young children, providing valuable insights for public health policy and nutrition interventions. Moreover, this study highlights the need for early behaviour interventions focusing on reducing sugar intake in young children, while considering sociodemographic factors
Associations between feeding coparenting and food parenting practices: An observational study
Perceived challenges and strategies to achieve Canada's Food Guide recommendation to “Cook more often”: Findings from parents of young children
The problem of heteronormativity in family-based health promotion: Centring gender transformation in Ontario, Canada
Comparing the perceptions and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 Canada's food guides among parents of young children
Background: The Canada's Food Guide (CFG) is recognized as the most prominent authoritative guideline for healthy eating in Canada. In 2019, Health Canada released the latest iteration of the CFG with substantial changes to its messaging and format from the previous 2007 CFG. Objective: This study compared the awareness, use, knowledge, and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 CFGs among parents with children aged 18 months to 5 years who are participan…
Exploring the environmental determinants of food choice among Haudenosaunee female youth
Overall, the study findings have generated important knowledge regarding food environments and literacy and serves as a unique example of how to explore the traditional and everyday food experiences of Indigenous youth. Recommendations will inform the development of new as well as existing initiatives and resources to enhance the holistic wellbeing of youth and the broader community
Assessing food and nutrition literacy in children and adolescents: A systematic review of existing tools
Objective: Food literacy (FL) and nutrition literacy (NL) are concepts that can help individuals to navigate the current food environment. Building these skills and knowledge at a young age is important for skill retention, confidence in food practices and supporting lifelong healthy eating habits. The objectives of this systematic review were to: (i) identify existing tools that measure FL and NL among children and/or adolescents and (ii) descri…
Low-income mothers' perspectives on the involvement of family members in child feeding
Parenting under pressure: Stress is associated with mothers’ and fathers’ media parenting practices in Canada
Stress may influence the parenting practices employed by parents to manage their children’s screen-time. The objective of this study was to examine cross-sectional associations between family stress and media parenting practices. Using the Guelph Family Health Study Pilot 2 cohort, data was collected from 64 parents from 39 families. Linear regression using generalized estimating equations was used to examine associations between family-based str…
Food Sources of Shortfall Nutrients among Latin Americans: Results from the Latin American Study of Health and Nutrition (Elans)
Increased consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods can lead to inadequate intakes of shortfall nutrients, including vitamin A, D, C, and E, dietary folate, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, and fiber. The objective was to examine the prevalence of inadequate intake of shortfall nutrients and identify food sources of shortfall nutrients in eight Latin American countries. Data from ELANS, a multi-country, population-based study of 9218 a…
Eating When There is Not Enough to Eat: Eating Behaviors and Perceptions of Food Among Food-Insecure Youths
Objectives. We explored differences in adolescents' eating habits, perceptions, and dietary intakes by food security status. Methods. As part of Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), we surveyed 4746 multiethnic middle and high school students in 31 primarily urban schools in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota, area during the 1998–1999 academic year. Participants completed in-class surveys. We used multiple regression analysis to characterize assoc…
Positive parenting improves multiple aspects of health and well-being in young adulthood
The emotional toll of postfeminist fatherhood
Postfeminism shapes the political economy of the workforce and household, constituting a re‐entrenchment of traditional heterosexual gender regimes and the pressure to transgress them. Focusing on the understudied area of postfeminist masculinity, we analyze the emotional toll some fathers experience as a result of the fraught expectations to be the breadwinner, nurturing parent, and enlightened feminist spouse who completes equal domestic duties…
Associations between feeding coparenting and food parenting practices: An observational study
Guelph Family Health Study: Pilot study of a home-based obesity prevention intervention
Validation of a brief food parenting measure for fathers: A test of factorial validity, measurement invariance, internal reliability, and concurrent validity
The Game of Queer Family Life: Exploring 2SLGBTQI+ Parents' Experiences of Cisheteronormativity, Racism, and Colonialism Through Digital Storytelling in Ontario, Canada
In this article we describe and analyze five videos created through an arts-informed research project, Precarious Inclusion: Studying Ontarian 2SLGBTQI+ parents' experiences childrearing in a post-legal parity framework. Precarious Inclusion used interviews and digital storytelling to investigate Ontario 2SLGBTQI+ parents' current experiences of inclusion and exclusion when navigating institutional and social interactions in everyday life in a po…
Perceived challenges and strategies to achieve Canada's Food Guide recommendation to “Cook more often”: Findings from parents of young children
Low-income mothers' perspectives on the involvement of family members in child feeding
Development of the Food Systems Literacy Competencies Framework for youth: A modified Delphi study with experts
Experts agree that youth need holistic food systems literacy. • 50 key food systems literacy competencies for youth achieved expert consensus. • The Framework provides a roadmap for food systems education and knowledge evaluation. • Competencies must be context specific, are interconnected and developed across the lifespan. Food systems have changed drastically in the last 50 years, are continuously globalizing, and are constantly responding to e…
Fathers’ use of social media for social comparison is associated with their food parenting practices
Over 85% of parents use social media; however, limited research has investigated the associations between parental social media use and food parenting practices. The objectives of this study were to: 1) describe how mothers and fathers use social media focused on topics related to child feeding and family meals; and 2) examine associations between parental social media use focused on child feeding and family meals and mothers' and fathers' food p…
The problem of heteronormativity in family-based health promotion: Centring gender transformation in Ontario, Canada
An Examination of Cancer Risk Beliefs Among Adults from Toronto’s Somali, Chinese, Russian and Spanish-speaking Communities
An Examination of Cancer Risk Beliefs Among Adults from Toronto’s Somali, Chinese, Russian and Spanish-speaking Communities
Obesity, Disordered Eating, and Eating Disorders in a Longitudinal Study of Adolescents: How Do Dieters Fare 5 Years Later?
Does Body Satisfaction Matter? Five-year Longitudinal Associations between Body Satisfaction and Health Behaviors in Adolescent Females and Males
Weight Teasing and Disordered Eating Behaviors in Adolescents: Longitudinal Findings From Project EAT (Eating Among Teens)
OBJECTIVE. To assess whether weight-related teasing predicts the development of binge eating, unhealthy weight control behaviors, and frequent dieting among male and female adolescents. METHODS. A prospective study was conducted with an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of 2516 adolescents who completed surveys at both time 1 (1998–1999) and time 2 (2003–2004) of the Project EAT (Eating Among Teens) study. RESULTS. In 1998–1999, app…
Shared Risk and Protective Factors for Overweight and Disordered Eating in Adolescents
Body satisfaction and body weight: Gender differences and sociodemographic determinants
Insight into the unique relationships between body satisfaction and BMI experienced by prepubescent children, males, and populations diverse in parental education and geographic location may help to inform public health initiatives designed to improve weight-related behaviors and reduce overweight in children
Eating When There is Not Enough to Eat: Eating Behaviors and Perceptions of Food Among Food-Insecure Youths
Objectives. We explored differences in adolescents' eating habits, perceptions, and dietary intakes by food security status. Methods. As part of Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), we surveyed 4746 multiethnic middle and high school students in 31 primarily urban schools in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota, area during the 1998–1999 academic year. Participants completed in-class surveys. We used multiple regression analysis to characterize assoc…
First Steps for Mommy and Me: A Pilot Intervention to Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviors of Postpartum Mothers and Their Infants
Content Analysis of Motivational Counseling Calls Targeting Obesity-Related Behaviors Among Postpartum Women
Nutritional quality of foods and beverages on child-care centre menus in Mexico
Objective The purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional quality of foods and beverages listed on menus serving children in government-sponsored child-care centres throughout Mexico. Design For this cross-sectional menu assessment, we compared (i) food groups and portion sizes of foods and beverages on the menus with MyPlate recommendations and (ii) macronutrients, sugar and fibre with Daily Reference Intake standards. Setting Men…
Examining the influence of a text message-based sleep and physical activity intervention among young adult smokers in the United States
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01516632
Parents and Tots Together: Pilot randomized controlled trial of a family-based obesity prevention intervention in Canada
Parents Working Together: Development and feasibility trial of a workplace-based program for parents that incorporates general parenting and health behaviour messages
Our results indicate that a workplace-based program that addresses general parenting skills and weight-related behaviours may be a feasible way to engage and educate parents, including fathers. A full-scale trial is needed to examine the effectiveness of this approach
Guelph Family Health Study: Pilot study of a home-based obesity prevention intervention
Nurturing Children's Healthy Eating: Position statement
The relationship between eating a healthy diet and positive health outcomes is well known; nurturing healthy eating among children therefore has the potential to improve public health. A healthy diet occurs when one's usual eating patterns include adequate nutrient intake and sufficient, but not excessive, energy intake to meet the energy needs of the individual. However, many parents struggle to establish healthy eating patterns in their childre…
Positive parenting improves multiple aspects of health and well-being in young adulthood
The Impact of Covid-19 on Health Behavior, Stress, Financial and Food Security among Middle to High Income Canadian Families with Young Children
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of daily life. The purpose of this study was to identify how health behaviors, level of stress, financial and food security have been impacted by the pandemic among Canadian families with young children. Parents (mothers, n = 235 and fathers, n = 126) from 254 families participating in an ongoing study completed an online survey that included close and open-ended questions. Descriptive statistics w…
Exploring the Perceptions of and Experiences with Traditional Foods among First Nations Female Youth: A Participatory Photovoice Study
Traditional foods contribute to the health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples. Many Indigenous Peoples within Canada have expressed a desire to consume more traditional foods; however, there are a number of barriers to doing so. Southern and urban communities face unique challenges associated with traditional food consumption. To address these concerns and build on community interests in a Haudenosaunee community in Southern Ontario, a particip…
Parenting under pressure: Stress is associated with mothers’ and fathers’ media parenting practices in Canada
Stress may influence the parenting practices employed by parents to manage their children’s screen-time. The objective of this study was to examine cross-sectional associations between family stress and media parenting practices. Using the Guelph Family Health Study Pilot 2 cohort, data was collected from 64 parents from 39 families. Linear regression using generalized estimating equations was used to examine associations between family-based str…
Food Sources of Shortfall Nutrients among Latin Americans: Results from the Latin American Study of Health and Nutrition (Elans)
Increased consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods can lead to inadequate intakes of shortfall nutrients, including vitamin A, D, C, and E, dietary folate, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, and fiber. The objective was to examine the prevalence of inadequate intake of shortfall nutrients and identify food sources of shortfall nutrients in eight Latin American countries. Data from ELANS, a multi-country, population-based study of 9218 a…
Development and Psychometric Properties of the Sleep Parenting Scale for Infants
Although infants' sleep behaviors are shaped by their interactions with parents at bedtime, few tools exist to capture parents' sleep parenting practices. This study developed a Sleep Parenting Scale for Infants (SPS-I) and aimed to (1) explore and validate its factorial structure, (2) examine its measurement invariance across mothers and fathers, and (3) investigate its reliability and concurrent and convergent validity. SPS-I was developed via …
Barriers and facilitators of household provision of dairy and plant-based dairy alternatives in families with preschool-age children
Objective: This study aimed to explore barriers and facilitators of the provision of dairy and plant-based dairy alternatives (PBDA) by parents of preschool-age children, a previously unexplored area of research. Design: Five focus groups of parents were conducted and audio-recorded. Verbatim transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Setting: University of Guelph, in Guelph, ON, Canada in 2019. Participants: Thirty-two ( n 19 mothers, 13…
Dishing on dinner: A life course approach to understanding the family meal context among families with preschoolers
Objective: Family meals promote healthful dietary intake and well-being among children. Despite these benefits, family meal participation typically declines as children age. This study utilises life course theory to explore parents’ perceptions of family meals in order to understand how parents’ past experiences with family meals (in childhood and earlier in adulthood) influence their current beliefs and practices regarding mealtimes with their o…
The emotional toll of postfeminist fatherhood
Postfeminism shapes the political economy of the workforce and household, constituting a re‐entrenchment of traditional heterosexual gender regimes and the pressure to transgress them. Focusing on the understudied area of postfeminist masculinity, we analyze the emotional toll some fathers experience as a result of the fraught expectations to be the breadwinner, nurturing parent, and enlightened feminist spouse who completes equal domestic duties…
Comparing the perceptions and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 Canada's food guides among parents of young children
Background: The Canada's Food Guide (CFG) is recognized as the most prominent authoritative guideline for healthy eating in Canada. In 2019, Health Canada released the latest iteration of the CFG with substantial changes to its messaging and format from the previous 2007 CFG. Objective: This study compared the awareness, use, knowledge, and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 CFGs among parents with children aged 18 months to 5 years who are participan…
Medicine (31 works) · Psychology (30 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 works) · Environmental health (18 works) · Developmental psychology (16 works) · Obesity (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (9 works)