Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2018
Abstract
Objective: To determine if family childcare homes (FCCH) in Nebraska meet best practices for nutrition and screen time, and if focusing on nutrition and screen time policies and practices improves the FCCH environment. Design: A pre–post evaluation was conducted using the Go Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Childcare (Go NAP SACC). Setting: FCCH in Nebraska, USA. Subjects: FCCH enrolled in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP; n 208) participated in a pre–post evaluation using Go NAP SACC. Results: At baseline, all FCCH met the minimum childcare standards for fifty-four of fifty-six practices in nutrition and screen time. After the intervention, FCCH demonstrated significant improvement in fourteen of the forty-four Child Nutrition items and eleven of the twelve Screen Time items. However, FCCH providers did not meet best practices at post-intervention. Lowest scores were found in serving meals family-style, promoting visible support for healthy eating, planned nutrition education and written policy on child nutrition. For screen time, lowest scores were reported on the availability of television, offering families education on screen time and having a written policy on screen time. Conclusions: FCCH in Nebraska were able to strengthen their policies and practices after utilizing Go NAP SACC. Continued professional development and participation in targeted interventions may assist programmes in sustaining improved practices and policies. Considering the varying standards and policies surrounding FCCH, future studies comparing the current findings with childcare centres and non-CACFP programmes are warranted.
Publication Title
Public Health Nutrition
Volume
21
Issue
13
First Page
2351
Last Page
2359
Pages
9
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
DOI of Published Version
10.1017/S1368980018001416
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Rights
COPYRIGHT: © The Authors 2018
Recommended Citation
Dev, Dipti A.; Williams, Natalie; Iruka, Iheoma; Garcia, Aileen; Guo, Yage; Patwardhan, Irina; Cummings, Katrina; Rida, Zainab; Hulse, Emily; and Sedani, Ami, "Improving the Nutrition and Screen Time Environment Through Self-Assessment in Family Childcare Homes in Nebraska" (2018). Counseling and Human Development Faculty Publications. 8.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/chd_pubs/8
Comments
This article has been published in Public Health Nutrition 21 (13). http://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980018001416 . This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works.