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ArticlePublic health nutrition2017

Table Talk: development of an observational tool to assess verbal feeding communications in early care and education settings.

Taren Swindle, Julie M Rutledge, Belynda Dix, Leanne Whiteside-Mansell

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Article in Public health nutrition, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Taren Swindle1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine,University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,4301 W. Markham Street,#530,Little Rock,AR 72205-7199,USA.
Julie M Rutledge2School of Human Ecology,Louisiana Tech University,Ruston,LA,USA.
Belynda Dix1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine,University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,4301 W. Markham Street,#530,Little Rock,AR 72205-7199,USA.
Leanne Whiteside-Mansell1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine,University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,4301 W. Markham Street,#530,Little Rock,AR 72205-7199,USA.

Funding

Arkansas Center for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR000039 · NCATS · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI BECK, CORNELIA MARIE, JAMES, LAURA P · 2012 to 2014
$10.0M
Developing and Testing Implementation Strategies for Evidence-Based Obesity Prevention in ChildcareK01DK110141 · NIDDK · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI SWINDLE, TAREN · 2016 to 2019
$460k
Arkansas Center for Clinical Translational ResearchKL2TR000063 · NCATS · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI BECK, CORNELIA MARIE, JAMES, LAURA P · 2012 to 2014
$459k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000063NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000039NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK110141
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Abstract

objectiveChildren's dietary intake impacts weight status and a range of short- and long-term health outcomes. Accurate measurement of factors that influence children's diet is critical to the development and evaluation of interventions designed to improve children's diets. The purpose of the current paper is to present the development of the Table Talk observational tool to measure early care and education teachers' (ECET) verbal feeding communications.

designAn observational tool to assess ECET verbal communication at mealtimes was deigned based on the extant literature. Trained observers conducted observations using the tool during lunch for both lead and assistant ECET. Descriptive statistics, test-retest for a subgroup, interclass correlations for each item, and comparisons between leads and assistants were conducted.

settingHead Start centres, Southern USA. SUBJECTS: Seventy-five Head Start educators.

resultsOn average, 17·2 total verbal feeding communications (sd 8·9) were observed per ECET. For lead ECET, the most prevalent Supportive Comment was Exploring Foods whereas for assistants Making Positive Comments was the most prevalent. Overall, lead ECET enacted more Supportive Comments than assistant ECET (F(2,72)=4·8, P=0·03). The most common Unsupportive Comment was Pressuring to Eat, with a mean of 3·8 (sd 4·3) and a maximum of 25. There was no difference in Unsupportive Comments between lead and assistant ECET.

conclusionsTable Talk may be a useful tool to assess verbal feeding communications of ECET, with potential applications such as informing ECET training and assessing intervention efforts.

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Child Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaDiet, HealthyEarly Intervention, EducationalLunchObservational Studies as TopicResearch DesignSocial SupportChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesHumansPilot ProjectsPovertyPsychology, ChildSoutheastern United StatesWorkforceChildcareEarly care and educationFeedingMealtimeNutritionPre-school

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PMCPMC6559738

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