Walking the Talk

Fit WIC Wellness Programs Improve Self-Efficacy in Pediatric Obesity Prevention Counseling

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ID11025677
AuthorsPatricia B Crawford (Patricia B. Crawford is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, and the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley. Wendi Gosliner is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley. Poppy Strode is with the California Department of Health Services WIC Branch, Sacramento. Sarah E. Samuels and Lisa Craypo are with Samuels and Associates, Oakland, Calif. At the time of this study,...), Wendi Gosliner (0000-0001-5092-9289, Patricia B. Crawford is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, and the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley. Wendi Gosliner is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley. Poppy Strode is with the California Department of Health Services WIC Branch, Sacramento. Sarah E. Samuels and Lisa Craypo are with Samuels and Associates, Oakland, Calif. At the time of this study,...), Poppy Strode (Patricia B. Crawford is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, and the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley. Wendi Gosliner is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley. Poppy Strode is with the California Department of Health Services WIC Branch, Sacramento. Sarah E. Samuels and Lisa Craypo are with Samuels and Associates, Oakland, Calif. At the time of this study,...), Sarah E Samuels (Patricia B. Crawford is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, and the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley. Wendi Gosliner is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley. Poppy Strode is with the California Department of Health Services WIC Branch, Sacramento. Sarah E. Samuels and Lisa Craypo are with Samuels and Associates, Oakland, Calif. At the time of this study,...), Sarah Samuels (Sarah Samuels Center for Public Health & Evaluation), Claudia Burnett (Patricia B. Crawford is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, and the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley. Wendi Gosliner is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley. Poppy Strode is with the California Department of Health Services WIC Branch, Sacramento. Sarah E. Samuels and Lisa Craypo are with Samuels and Associates, Oakland, Calif. At the time of this study,...), Lisa Craypo (Patricia B. Crawford is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, and the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley. Wendi Gosliner is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley. Poppy Strode is with the California Department of Health Services WIC Branch, Sacramento. Sarah E. Samuels and Lisa Craypo are with Samuels and Associates, Oakland, Calif. At the time of this study,...), Antronette K Yancey (Patricia B. Crawford is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, and the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley. Wendi Gosliner is with the Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley. Poppy Strode is with the California Department of Health Services WIC Branch, Sacramento. Sarah E. Samuels and Lisa Craypo are with Samuels and Associates, Oakland, Calif. At the time of this study,...)
Year2004
Volume94
Issue9
Pages1480-1485
Publication date2004-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.9.1480
PMID15333298
OpenAlexW2102776924
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited32

Six sites of the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participated in a staff wellness pilot intervention designed to improve staff self-efficacy in counseling WIC clients about childhood overweight. A pre-post test design with intervention and control groups was used; outcome measures included staff perceptions of the intervention’s effects on the workplace environment, their personal habits and health beliefs, and their counseling self-efficacy. Intervention site staff were more likely to report that the workplace environment supported their efforts to make healthy food choices (P

Childhood obesity · Family medicine · Intervention (counseling) · Obesity · Overweight · Physical therapy · Self-efficacy · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology

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