Walking the talk: Fit WIC wellness programs improve self-efficacy in pediatric obesity prevention counseling.

Publisher: American Public Health Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1254074 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0090-0036 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00900036 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association
Original Publication: New York [etc.]

Maternal Health Services*/standards ; Self Efficacy*; Counseling/*standards ; Health Promotion/*standards ; Obesity/*prevention & control; Adult ; Attitude of Health Personnel ; California ; Child ; Child Nutrition Sciences/education ; Female ; Health Behavior ; Health Education/standards ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pilot Projects ; Prevalence ; Self Care ; Social Environment ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Workplace

Six sites of the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participated in a staff wellness pilot intervention designed to improve staff self-efficacy in counseling WIC clients about childhood overweight. A pre-post test design with intervention and control groups was used; outcome measures included staff perceptions of the intervention's effects on the workplace environment, their personal habits and health beliefs, and their counseling self-efficacy. Intervention site staff were more likely to report that the workplace environment supported their efforts to make healthy food choices (P <.001), be physically active (P <.01), make positive changes in counseling parents about their children's weight (P <.01), and feel more comfortable in encouraging WIC clients to do physical activities with their children (P <.05).

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Date Created: 20040831 Date Completed: 20040930 Latest Revision: 20190514

20221213

PMC1448477

10.2105/ajph.94.9.1480

15333298