Head Start and child care providers’ motivators,barriers and facilitators to practicing family-style meal service |
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Authors: | Dipti A Dev Katherine E Speirs Brent A McBride Sharon M Donovan Karen Chapman-Novakofski |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 135 Home Economics Building, Lincoln, NE 68588-0236, USA;2. Family Resiliency Center, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2028 Doris Kelley Christopher Hall, 904 West Nevada Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA;3. Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Child Development Lab, 1105 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA;4. Division of Nutritional Sciences, 339 Bevier Hall, 905 W. Goodwin, Urbana, IL 61801, USA;5. Division of Nutritional Sciences, 343 Bevier Hall, 905 W. Goodwin, Urbana, IL 61801, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper presents a qualitative investigation of the motivators, barriers, and facilitators for practicing family-style meal service (FSMS) from the perspective of 18 child care providers serving preschool children in Head Start (HS), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) funded, and non-CACFP child-care centers. Providers were selected based on maximum variation purposive sampling and semi-structured interviews were conducted until saturation was reached. Provider responses were systematically coded using thematic analysis. HS and CACFP providers reported being motivated to practice FSMS because it created pleasant mealtimes, opportunities to role model healthy eating, and healthful child development. CACFP and non-CACFP providers reported not using FSMS because it was resource intensive, messy, and seemed to violate CACFP policy. HS and CACFP providers offered suggestions to overcome these barriers. They suggested that FSMS eventually becomes easier with practice, children can self-regulate their energy intake, and teaching children self-help skills during play time can avoid messes during mealtimes. Findings from this study have implications for programming, policy, and research. |
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Keywords: | Family-style meals Child care Feeding Self-regulation Obesity Nutrition policy |
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