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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.160513
Personal Author:
Smith, Teresa M. ; Blaser, Casey ; Geno-Rasmussen, Cristy ; Shuell, Julie ; Plumlee, Catherine ; ... More +
Smith, Teresa M. ; Blaser, Casey ; Geno-Rasmussen, Cristy ; Shuell, Julie ; Plumlee, Catherine ; Gargano, Tony ; Yaroch, Amy L. Less -
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The National Early Care and Education Learning Collaboratives (ECELC) project aims to facilitate best practices in nutrition, physical activity, screen time, and breastfeeding support and infant feeding among early care and education (ECE) programs across multiple states. The project uses a train-the-trainer approach with 5, in-person learning-collaborative sessions, technical assistance, and action planning. We describe the longitudinal practice-based evaluation of the project and assess whether ECE programs evaluated (n = 104) sustained changes in policies and practices 1 year after completing the project. The number of best practices increased from pre-assessment to post-assessment (P < .01) but did not change significantly from post-assessment to follow-up assessment. ECELC shows promise as an approach to incorporate professional development and training focused on improving best practices for environment-level child nutrition and physical activity, which is one strategy among many that are warranted for obesity prevention in young children.
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Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 14.
Pubmed ID:
28858606
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5580729
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
U58 DP004102/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
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urn:sha256:98a3d5dfb0a832006f4dfa237ad0cf0498a217af43c3bb2433f53598c201ca57
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