Virginia Cooperative Extension's Family Nutrition Program (FNP), which includes EFNEP and SNAP-Ed, works to help limited-resource families across the state make informed food-choices. Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) lacks open-access physical activity resources representing individuals with varying weights, races, and ethnicities. In 2015, an integrated research-practice partnership was initiated for the development of an evidence-based physical activity resource for peer educators employed by FNP to use. The video suite, Move More, Virginia!, was created as open-access and includes demographically diverse individuals, representative of FNP clients. Study I determined client perceptions of physical activity and preferences for new resources. Study II identified FNP peer educators' perceptions of physical activity, their resource needs, and intent to use Move More, Virginia! resources. Both studies involved quantitative and qualitative data through surveys and focus groups. Formative data collected in Study I revealed the prominent themes related to clients (n=12) were physical activity facilitators (n= 100 meaning units (MU)) and physical activity barriers (n=77 MU). In Study II, peer educator responses(n=15) led to the emergence of four themes related to physical activity itself: barriers to incorporating physical activity within FNP (n=189 MU), physical activity facilitators (n=106), current delivery of physical activity (n=102 MU), and physical activity barriers (n= 16 MU). When prompted to share video specific feedback, the top theme was positive video feedback (n = 115 MU). Identified themes and subthemes provide deeper understanding of the organizational culture within FNP as thoughts, perceptions, and barriers to incorporating physical activity into FNP curriculum are highlighted. / Master of Science / Faculty and staff in the Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Family Nutrition Program (FNP), which includes EFNEP and SNAP-Ed, work to help limited resource families across the state of Virginia make informed food choices. In addition to nutrition, physical activity is related to health status. However, Virginia Cooperative Extension lacks free physical activity resources representing individuals with varying weights, ethnicities, and fitness levels. In 2015, an integrated research-practice partnership was initiated for the development of a physical activity resource for FNP peer educators to use during programming. The collection of videos, <i>Move More, Virginia!</i>, was created as a free resource and to include individuals that represented the community. Study I determined client perceptions of existing physical activity resources and preferences for new resources. Study II identified perceptions of physical activity and the resource needs of FNP peer educators to deliver physical activity programming. The studies involved concurrent qualitative data through focus group interviews and quantitative data through survey distribution. Results showed common client themes were physical activity facilitators and barriers. The top peer educator theme was barriers to incorporating physical activity within FNP. When prompted to share feedback on the <i>Move More, Virginia!</i> videos themselves, the emergent theme was positive video feedback. Thoughts, perceptions, and barriers to incorporating <i>Move More, Virginia!</i> into FNP curriculum are highlighted. These findings will guide future physical activity integration within FNP programs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/84424 |
| Date | 02 February 2017 |
| Creators | Everette, Alicia Kattariya |
| Contributors | Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Harden, Samantha M., Serrano, Elena L., Brooks, Austin, Harrison, Anthony Kwame |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ETD, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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