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Shining the Light on You:: An Evidence-Based Program Designed to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Family Child
Laura Lessard1, Rena Hallam2, Sarah Albrecht1
1Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition, University of Delaware.
Objective:
To design and assess the effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention to improve the health and wellbeing of family child care professionals.
Methods:
The early care and education (ECE) workforce, and family child care (FCC) educators in particular, face challenges to their wellbeing, mental and physical health. In addition, the demographics of the FCC workforce - disproportionately composed of low-income women of color - are associated with higher risk for chronic diseases. The Shining the Light on You program is designed to address FCC professional wellbeing in a feasible, evidence-based manner. The program includes weekly virtual sessions co-facilitated by a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach (HWC) and a Technical Assistance Coach (Early Childhood Specialist) and three individual coaching sessions with the HWC. HWC is built upon a foundation of behavior change theories, motivational strategies and effective communication approaches from psychology, medicine, public health and related fields. Using a mixed methods approach to gather data, participants from three initial cohorts of the program (n=33) implemented in Delaware reported improvement in health and wellbeing indicators.
Results:
Participants reported improvements in social support, physical activity and water consumption from pre- to post-program surveys. In interviews conducted with the participants following the program, participants consistently commented on the connections between all components of wellbeing and the importance of self-care.
Conclusions:
This model demonstrates the potential of integrating best practices from HWC and the ECE system.
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