Enhancing nutrition information utilisation, confidence, and role legitimacy and adequacy among early childhood education professionals through evidence-based online training

IF 1.6 4区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Australasian Journal of Early Childhood Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI:10.1177/18369391241270539

Ruth Wallace, R. Sambell, Shih Ching Fu, J. Lo, Elizabeth J Cook, Amanda Devine

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Abstract

This study evaluated the effectiveness of an online short course based on the Health Promoting Schools Framework and specifically designed for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) professionals. The short course aimed to enhance ECEC professionals’ nutrition knowledge, confidence, role legitimacy and adequacy to model healthy behaviours, teach healthy food habits and create health-promoting environments. Participants ( n = 116) working at Australian ECEC services were assigned to control ( n = 62) or intervention ( n = 54) groups. Both groups completed a pre-intervention survey. The intervention group accessed the four-week course and completed the post-intervention survey. The control group completed a second survey after four weeks but before accessing the course. Statistical analyses revealed significant positive changes in confidence, nutrition information utilisation and role perception for the intervention group. This study’s findings suggest that evidence-based online nutrition training could be used improve ECEC professionals’ practice to foster better nutrition outcomes for young children.

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通过循证在线培训提高幼儿教育专业人员对营养信息的利用率、信心以及角色的合理性和适当性

本研究评估了基于 "促进健康学校框架"、专门为幼儿教育和保育（ECEC）专业人员设计的在线短期课程的有效性。该短期课程旨在增强幼儿教育和保育专业人员的营养知识、信心、角色合法性和充分性，以树立健康行为榜样、教授健康饮食习惯和创造促进健康的环境。在澳大利亚幼儿保育和教育服务机构工作的参与者（n = 116）被分配到对照组（n = 62）或干预组（n = 54）。两组均完成了干预前调查。干预组参加了为期四周的课程，并完成了干预后调查。对照组在四周后但在参加课程前完成了第二次调查。统计分析显示，干预组在自信心、营养信息利用率和角色认知方面都发生了显著的积极变化。这项研究结果表明，循证在线营养培训可用于改善幼儿保育和教育专业人员的实践，以促进幼儿营养状况的改善。

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Australasian Journal of Early Childhood EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (AJEC) is Australasia’s foremost scholarly journal and the world’s longest-running major journal within the early childhood education and care sector. Published quarterly, AJEC offers evidence-based articles that are designed to impart new information and encourage the critical exchange of ideas among early childhood practitioners, academics and students. AJEC is peer reviewed by leading early childhood education and care academics, against quality-assurance guidelines to ensure that all articles promote best practice and disseminate high-quality information in the early childhood education and care sector.

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