TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing an Infant Feeding Web Site as a Nutrition Education Tool for Child Care Providers
AU - Clark, Alena
AU - Anderson, Jennifer
AU - Adams, Elizabeth
AU - Baker, Susan
AU - Barrett, Karen
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this project was provided by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment – Colorado Physical Activity and Nutrition Coalition, Colorado Breast-feeding Task Force, and the Medela Corporation.
Funding Information:
The funding for this project was provided by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment–Colorado Physical Activity and Nutrition Coalition, Colorado Breast-feeding Task Force, and the Medela Corporation. The authors acknowledge John W. Wilson for his assistance with the website. This research project was completed as part of Alena Clark's dissertation.
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Objective: Determine child care providers' infant feeding knowledge, attitude and behavior changes after viewing the infant feeding Web site and determine the effectiveness of the Web site and bilingual educational materials. Design: Intervention and control groups completed an on-line pretest survey, viewed a Web site for 3 months, and completed an on-line posttest survey; follow-up data were also assessed. Setting: Colorado child care centers. Participants: Thirty-eight child care providers. Intervention: Social learning theory-based website was evaluated by child care providers in the treatment group and providers in the control group viewed a comparable website. Main Outcome Measures: Knowledge, attitude, and behavior changes on feeding infants breast milk, formula, and solid food; desired changes to Web site. Analysis: Independent samples t tests, chi-square, and repeated measures. Results: Changes in attitudes and behaviors from pre- to posttest occurred primarily in the intervention group (P < .05). At follow-up, no significant differences were found among the 3 time periods. Providers desired no changes to Web site or materials. Conclusions and Implications: Child care providers appeared to have adequate knowledge on feeding infants formula and breast milk, but not on hunger cues. Providers would continue to use this Web site in the future. Further research should determine if changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors are sustained over time and how infant feeding cues are read and determined in child care centers.
AB - Objective: Determine child care providers' infant feeding knowledge, attitude and behavior changes after viewing the infant feeding Web site and determine the effectiveness of the Web site and bilingual educational materials. Design: Intervention and control groups completed an on-line pretest survey, viewed a Web site for 3 months, and completed an on-line posttest survey; follow-up data were also assessed. Setting: Colorado child care centers. Participants: Thirty-eight child care providers. Intervention: Social learning theory-based website was evaluated by child care providers in the treatment group and providers in the control group viewed a comparable website. Main Outcome Measures: Knowledge, attitude, and behavior changes on feeding infants breast milk, formula, and solid food; desired changes to Web site. Analysis: Independent samples t tests, chi-square, and repeated measures. Results: Changes in attitudes and behaviors from pre- to posttest occurred primarily in the intervention group (P < .05). At follow-up, no significant differences were found among the 3 time periods. Providers desired no changes to Web site or materials. Conclusions and Implications: Child care providers appeared to have adequate knowledge on feeding infants formula and breast milk, but not on hunger cues. Providers would continue to use this Web site in the future. Further research should determine if changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors are sustained over time and how infant feeding cues are read and determined in child care centers.
KW - Web site development and education
KW - child care providers
KW - infant feeding
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.12.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.12.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 19161919
AN - SCOPUS:58249094404
SN - 1499-4046
VL - 41
SP - 41
EP - 46
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
IS - 1
ER -