Staff Training Interests, Barriers, and Preferences in Rural and Urban Child Care Programs in Minnesota
Nicole Larson1, Katie A Loth2, Marilyn S Nanney2
1Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Objectives:
To describe any rural-urban differences in child care providers' (1) past training on the facilitation of child healthy eating and physical activity and (2) views relevant to the design of trainings.
Methods:
Cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2016 Healthy Start, Healthy State survey of Minnesota child care providers (rural, n = 232; urban, n = 386). Licensed family home-based care providers and providers working at licensed centers responded online or by mail to measures of desired training content, barriers, and delivery mode preferences.
Results:
Training barriers that were more often a concern for rural compared with urban providers included scheduling outside work hours, difficulties finding trainings, and travel (all P < .001). Rural and urban providers identified similar preferences with regard to training content and delivery.
Conclusions And Implications:
The findings suggest it would be worthwhile for future research to examine whether rural providers' training participation is affected by uniquely relevant participation barriers.
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