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Walking the talk: Fit WIC wellness programs improve self-efficacy in pediatric obesity prevention counseling

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  • Crawford, P.B.
  • Gosliner, W.
  • Strode, P.
  • Samuels, S.E.
  • Burnett, C.
  • Craypo, L.
  • Yancey, A.K.

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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

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  • Crawford, P.B. & Gosliner, W. & Strode, P. & Samuels, S.E. & Burnett, C. & Craypo, L. & Yancey, A.K., 2004. "Walking the talk: Fit WIC wellness programs improve self-efficacy in pediatric obesity prevention counseling," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 94(9), pages 1480-1485.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2004:94:9:1480-1485_6
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