The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness
of a one-hour in-service nutrition education
workshop for high school coaches in Corvallis, Eugene and
Salem, Oregon. The objectives were to determine: 1. if
the workshop can make positive changes in nutrition knowledge;
2. which type of participant benefits most from the
workshop in terms of an increase in knowledge; and 3. how
high school coaches feel about the usefulness of this type
of workshop.
Eighty-one coaches participating in the study completed
a pre-questionnaire immediately prior to and then
a post-questionnaire immediately following the workshop.
The questionnaire was designed to measure the nutrition
for fitness and sport knowledge of coaches. A 17 minute
slide/tape program (Nutrition in the Fast Lane) was the
major educational component of the workshop.
Statistically significant differences were found
between pre- and post-questionnaire scores indicating that coaches increased their nutrition knowledge as a result of
attending the workshop. Similar results were found for a
group of student athletic trainers, teachers and parents
of young athletes. It was also found that the age of the
coach, academic degree, number of years of coaching,
completion of a college level nutrition course or
attendance at a nutrition education workshop within the
past two years did not have a significant effect on
the overall knowledge score. However, female coaches had
significantly greater overall knowledge scores than male
coaches.
Nearly all coaches (95%) found this workshop either
very or somewhat useful and 97.5% would recommend it to
their colleagues. The conclusions are that within the
framework of a one-hour in-service nutrition education
workshop coaches are able to achieve significant increases
in nutrition knowledge and that with the exception of
female coaches, no one type of participant benefited most
in terms of an increase in knowledge. / Graduation date: 1986
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/27426 |
| Date | 16 August 1985 |
| Creators | Burky, Susan Marie |
| Contributors | Leklem, James E. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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