Examination of Head Start students' and teachers' attitudes and behaviors toward trying new foods as part of a social marketing campaign

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dc.contributor.authorStratton, Jessica Nicoleen
dc.contributor.committeechairSerrano, Elena L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFu, Victoria R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHosig, Kathryn W.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Nutrition, Foods, and Exerciseen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:34:11Zen
dc.date.adate2008-05-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:34:11Zen
dc.date.issued2008-04-15en
dc.date.rdate2008-05-13en
dc.date.sdate2008-04-24en
dc.description.abstractObjective: To determine the impact of preschool teacher food-related attitudes and behaviors on child food behaviors. Design: A twelve-week intervention and observational study with teachers completing questionnaires before and after the intervention. Setting: Head Start classrooms throughout Virginia. Participants: 177 preschool Head Start teachers and 1534 children. Intervention(s): Food Friends, a twelve-week social marketing campaign, was conducted by Head Start teachers during the Spring 2007, introducing children to novel foods with food puppets, nutrition-related activities and novel food tasting opportunities. Hypotheses related to the impact of preschool teachers' food-related attitudes and behaviors on children's food behaviors were tested, and changes in teacher and child food behaviors were measured. Main Outcome Measures: Teacher food-related attitudes and behaviors were measured/quantified. Child food behaviors were measured and compared to teacher attitudes and behaviors. Analysis: Descriptive, correlational and t-test statistics were conducted. Results: Teachers' and children's acceptance of novel foods improved after the Food Friends program, however, no direct correlations were found between teacher food-related attitudes and behaviors and child food behaviors. Conclusions and Implications: Preschool teacher attitudes and behaviors may not significantly impact child food-related behaviors. More research is needed to determine effective ways of encouraging positive child food behaviors.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04242008-141138en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04242008-141138/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31878en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartJessica_Stratton_Thesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectFood Friendsen
dc.subjectHead Starten
dc.subjectteachersen
dc.subjectpreschoolen
dc.subjectfood neophobiaen
dc.titleExamination of Head Start students' and teachers' attitudes and behaviors toward trying new foods as part of a social marketing campaignen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Nutrition, Foods, and Exerciseen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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