Influence of Perceptions on School Nurse Practices to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Autor/in	Quelly, Susan B.
Titel	Influence of Perceptions on School Nurse Practices to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 30 (2014) 4, S.292-302 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840513508434
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Prevention; Child Health; School Nurses; Attitudes; Self Efficacy; Barriers; Influences; Participation; Online Surveys; Questionnaires; Regression (Statistics); Health Promotion; Individual Characteristics; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Teilnahme; Fragebogen; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	Comprehensive childhood obesity prevention (COP) strategies should include increasing school nurse involvement. This study was conducted to determine the influence of key school nurse perceptions (self-efficacy, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers) on participation in COP practices at the individual child and school level. Florida registered nurse (RN) school nurses (n = 171) anonymously completed online or paper questionnaires. Linear regression analyses identified a model of self-efficacy with perceived benefits and barriers that explained 12% and 9.1% (p < 0.001) of variance in child-level and school-level COP practices, respectively. Self-efficacy explained the most variance in both models (p < 0.001). Mediation testing identified perceived barriers as a partial mediator of the influence of self-efficacy on child-level practices. These findings support interventions and policy changes to increase self-efficacy and reduce perceived barriers to promote school nurse involvement in preventing childhood obesity. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10