title: Walking the talk: Fit WIC wellness programs improve self-efficacy in pediatric obesity prevention counseling.
abstract: 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 <.001), be physically active (P <.01), make positive changes in counseling parents about their children's weight (P <.01), and feel more comfortable in encouraging WIC clients to do physical activities with their children (P <.05).
authors.affiliation: Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley 94720-3104, USA. crawford@socrates.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Patricia B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Wendi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gosliner
authors.forename: Poppy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Strode
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Samuels
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burnett
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Craypo
authors.forename: Antronette K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Yancey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D053198:Child Nutrition Sciences / Q000193:education; D003376:Counseling / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000592:standards; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D012648:Self Care; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace