Bridging the Gaps Through Nurse-Led Nutrition Education to Underserved Children
Autor: | David Salazar, Doreen D Garza, Linda Eanes, Lilia Azeneth Fuentes, Beatriz Bautista |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Nutrition Education
education Standardized test Healthy eating Nursing Nurse's Role Vulnerable Populations Nonprobability sampling 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Curriculum Health Education Mexico General Nursing Medical education 030505 public health business.industry MyPlate Texas Health promotion Diet Healthy 0305 other medical science business Psychology |
Zdroj: | Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. 17(2) |
ISSN: | 1938-8993 |
Popis: | Although children residing in impoverished rural communities located along the Texas-Mexico border are at disproportionately high risk of unhealthy eating, limited resources may prevent devoting sufficient attention to school-based nutrition education. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the teaching effectiveness of graduate nursing students on fourth-grade student learning about healthy eating. Purposive sampling was used to select 213 predominately Hispanic fourth-grade students enrolled in one of three low-socioeconomic status underserved elementary schools located in rural South Texas. Ten graduate nursing students implemented the Creating Healthy Eating Choices for Kids Nutrition Curriculum to approximately 40 fourth-graders per group who attended weekly 45- to 50-minute sessions for 6 weeks. The MyPlate standardized tests were administered before and following the intervention. Results showed a significant improvement in learning on all program modules for fourth-graders from each school ( p = .000). Results support the value of creating a strategic partnership between a university school of nursing and key community leaders as a feasible method of providing nutrition education for fourth-graders enrolled in schools with limited resources. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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