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Barriers to Implementing a Healthy Habits Curriculum in Early Childhood Education: Perspectives from Childcare Providers and Teachers

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  • المؤلفون: Villegas, Elizabeth (ORCID Villegas, Elizabeth (ORCID 0000-0003-0807-6176); Sutter, Carolyn (ORCID Sutter, Carolyn (ORCID 0000-0001-8448-2251); Koester, Brenda (ORCID Koester, Brenda (ORCID 0000-0002-1145-3094); Fiese, Barbara H. (ORCID Fiese, Barbara H. (ORCID 0000-0003-2935-8682)
  • اللغة:
    English
  • المصدر:
    Early Childhood Education Journal. Jul 2021 49(4):593-606.
  • الموضوع:
    2021
  • نوع التسجيلة:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • معلومة اضافية
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • المصدر:
      14
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      US Department of Agriculture
    • Contract Number:
      793328
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
    • الموضوع:
      Barriers; Health Education; Health Behavior; Habit Formation; Early Childhood Teachers; Child Caregivers; Caregiver Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Young Children; Curriculum Development; Curriculum Implementation
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1007/s10643-020-01099-5
    • ISSN:
      1082-3301
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      With increasing rates of childhood obesity in the United States, it is important to develop effective curricula that helps children learn and practice healthy habits. Given the large percentage of children who spend time in away-from-home care, childcare centers are opportune contexts to implement such curricula. We sought insight from 35 teachers and childcare providers to identify barriers to implementing an already established healthy habits curriculum (Sprouts: Growing Healthy Habits). Of the 35 participants, 9 identified as teachers (preschool, kindergarten, first grade) while the other 26 identified as childcare providers or working in childcare (i.e., program directors). Each participant completed a semi-structured phone interview after reviewing the curriculum to examine their perspective on: (a) curriculum appeal, (b) barriers to implementing the lessons, and (c) adaptations that would be needed. Interviews were recorded then transcribed verbatim. Three researchers developed a codebook and reached reliability coding (Cohen's kappa > 0.70). Themes from initial codes were then used to interpret data. The results indicate that there is great appeal for implementing a healthy habits curriculum in childcare contexts. The barriers providers thought they might face were: behavioral management, parental connections, preparation time, and lack of resources. Additional recommendations suggested a need to incorporate more diversity into lessons. Differences in responses were also noted by participant demographics and childcare/school neighborhood demographics. Despite noted barriers, most providers expressed enthusiasm for using a healthy habits curriculum. This helpful feedback provided useful adaptions to the Sprouts curriculum for children 4-6 years old.
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      As Provided
    • الموضوع:
      2021
    • الرقم المعرف:
      EJ1299417