Design and Implementation of a 5-Year School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention.

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    • Subject Terms:
      PREVENTION of childhood obesity; ANALYSIS of variance; CONCEPTUAL structures; ETHNIC groups; HEALTH promotion; LONGITUDINAL method; NUTRITION education; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SCHOOL children; SCHOOL health services; TEACHERS; HUMAN services programs; PRE-tests & post-tests; REPEATED measures design; HEALTH literacy; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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      WASHINGTON (D.C.)
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      To describe the research methods of a multicomponent nutrition education program empowering teachers to improve nutrition literacy and prevent obesity among elementary school students. Prospective 5-year study following a pre-post intervention design. Four elementary schools in a high-needs area in Washington, DC: 2 intervention and 2 comparison schools. Approximately 100 teachers (25/school) and 800 students (200/school) enrolled over the study period. Healthy Schoolhouse 2.0 will engage teachers as agents of change by designing, implementing, and evaluating a structured professional development program to support the integration of nutrition concepts in the classroom. Change in pre-post survey assessment of students' nutrition literacy, attitudes, and intent; change in teachers' self-efficacy toward teaching nutrition; fruit and vegetable consumption data collected 6 times/y in the cafeteria. Process evaluation throughout the study to document implementation and challenges. Multilevel mixed modeling will be used to determine the impact of the intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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