ArticleJournal of nutrition education and behavior
A Qualitative Application of the Belsky Model to Explore Early Care and Education Teachers' Mealtime History, Beliefs, and Interactions.
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- Hungry is not safe: A mixed methods study to explore food insecurity in early care and education.Appetite · 2021Article
- Eastern North Carolina Head Start Teachers' personal and professional experiences with healthy eating and physical activity: a qualitative exploration.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Table Talk: revision of an observational tool to characterize the feeding environment in early care and education settings.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Identifying a Fine Line between Food Insecurity and Food Acquisition Stress: A Mixed Methods Exploration.Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition · 2021Article
- Measuring feeding practices among early care and education teachers and examining relations with food insecurity.Appetite · 2020Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Australian Trainee Childcare Educators Regarding Their Role in the Feeding Behaviours of Young Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Defining and conceptualizing outcomes for de-implementation: key distinctions from implementation outcomes.Implementation science communications · 2020Article
- A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Barriers and Facilitators to Evidence-Based Practices for Obesity Prevention in Head Start.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2019Article
- About feeding children: factor structure and internal reliability of a survey to assess mealtime strategies and beliefs of early childhood education teachers.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Article
- Table Talk: development of an observational tool to assess verbal feeding communications in early care and education settings.Public health nutrition · 2017Article
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objectiveStudies on factors associated with nutrition practices in early care and education settings often focus on sociodemographic and programmatic characteristics. This qualitative study adapted and applied Belsky's determinants of parenting model to inform a broader exploration of Early Care and Education Teachers (ECETs) practices.
designQualitative cross-sectional study with ECETs.
settingThe researchers interviewed ECETs in their communities across a Southern state.
participantsPurposive sampling was employed to recruit ECETs (n = 28) from Head Start or state-funded centers serving low-income families. PHENOMENON OF INTEREST: Developmental histories of ECETs regarding food and nutrition, beliefs about child nutrition, and teaching interactions related to food. ANALYSIS: Qualitative interviews were coded using a deductive content analysis approach.
resultsThree distinct interrelationships were observed across the themes. First, rules and routines regarding food and mealtime in the educators' childhood often aligned with educator beliefs and behaviors at meals in their classroom. Second, some ECETs described motivations to leave a healthy food legacy for children in their class. Finally, an experience of food insecurity appeared in narratives that also emphasized making sure children got enough through various strategies. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The influence of ECET developmental histories and their related beliefs can be addressed through professional development and ongoing support. Future study should quantify model constructs in a larger sample and study their relationships over time.
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