Nutrition Standards For Infants and Young Children can be Implemented by Family Child Care Home Providers

The study evaluated an educational intervention with family child care home (FCCH) providers to implement nutrition standards. A convenience sample of licensed California FCCH providers (n = 30) attended a 2-hour, in-person group training in English or Spanish on nutrition standards for infants and...

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Published in:Global pediatric health 2021, Vol.8, p.2333794X21989555
Main Authors: Ritchie, Lorrene D., Keeton, Victoria, Lee, Danielle L., Gurzo, Klara, Homel Vitale, Elyse, Au, Lauren E., Alkon, Abbey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child care
Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
Infants
Intervention
Nutrition
Training
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Summary:The study evaluated an educational intervention with family child care home (FCCH) providers to implement nutrition standards. A convenience sample of licensed California FCCH providers (n = 30) attended a 2-hour, in-person group training in English or Spanish on nutrition standards for infants and children aged 1 to 5 years. Provider surveys and researcher observations during meals/snacks were conducted pre- and 3 months post-intervention. Providers rated the training as excellent (average score of 4.9 on a scale of 1-5). Adherence, assessed by survey and observation and compared over time using paired t-tests, increased from an average of 36% pre-intervention to 44% post-intervention (P = .06) of providers (n = 12) for infant standards and from 59% to 68% (P 
ISSN:2333-794X
2333-794X
DOI:10.1177/2333794X21989555