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A Treatment Package without Escape Extinction to Address Food Selectivity
Published on: August 21, 2015
Creating potential for common ground and communication between early childhood program staff and parents about young
Susan L Johnson1, Samantha Ramsay, Jill Armstrong Shultz
1Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
Objectives:
To explore child care staff and parent perspectives and communications about children's eating in child care.
Design:
Focus groups (FGs) conducted with child care staff and parents.
Setting:
Four Western states in the United States.
Participants:
Thirty-nine child care staff in 7 FGs and 25 parents in 6 FGs.
Phenomenon Of Interest:
Thoughts and concerns about children's eating and opportunities to improve communication between staff and parents.
Analysis:
Content analysis (FG coding inter-rater reliability: staff = 0.74; parents = 0.81) and identification of meta-themes.
Results:
Three meta-themes were identified: (1) recognition of positive influences of the child care setting in children's development of healthy eating; (2) concerns about children's eating in child care and at home; and (3) strategies to improve communications and transactions related to children's eating.
Conclusions And Implications:
Staff reported that their roles included informing parents about food at mealtimes in child care (eg, menus, recipes) but also educating parents about child nutrition and feeding. Parents valued daily information about their child's eating to adjust home mealtimes and to feel connected to their child. Barriers to effective communication included limited time and concerns regarding parent reactions and defensiveness. Staff requested training about child nutrition and feeding and about sensitive communications with parents.
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