The effectiveness of a three-hour nutrition education workshop
for home economics teachers given in 18 locations in Oregon was
evaluated based on responses from 138 teachers. Changes in knowledge
of and attitude toward four nutrition topics (fast foods, vegetarianism,
weight control, and food exchanges) were measured using
questionnaires completed at the beginning of the workshop, at the
end of the workshop, and one month later. Teacher background,
teacher reaction to the workshop, and incorporation of workshop
material into the classroom were also assessed.
Statistically significant positive changes were found in both
knowledge and attitude immediately after the workshop. These
changes were retained to a significant degree one month later in all
areas of knowledge but for only two areas of attitude (fast foods
and food exchanges). Change in knowledge was not found to be related
to the number of years employed, the academic degree, the
length of time since a college nutrition course had been taken, the
teacher's source of recent nutrition information or previous workshop
attendance. Most of the teachers (88-99%) found the workshop useful,
the right length of time, and at a convenient hour. Over half (51%)
of the teachers who returned the final questionnaire indicated they
had used workshop material in their classroom within the month following
the workshop.
Similar results were found when responses from 76 non-home
economics teachers, who also attended the workshop, were analyzed
for changes in knowledge and attitude. / Graduation date: 1980
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/27318 |
| Date | 05 March 1980 |
| Creators | Stark, Christina May |
| Contributors | Johnson, Elizabeth |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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