title: FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CREDENTIAL TRAINING IMPACT ON SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS OF HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS.
abstract: The Family Development Credential (FDC) Training offers an innovative interagency training for human service workers within a community. We use a mixed-methods approach to evaluate the impact of FDC on work-related self-efficacy beliefs. Quantitative data found FDC participants increased their levels of positive self-efficacy beliefs and had no change in negative self-efficacy beliefs; a comparison group saw no change in positive self-efficacy beliefs but increased their levels of negative self-efficacy beliefs. Qualitative data indicated training increased work-related self-efficacy beliefs. Overall, findings suggest that FDC training improved self-efficacy in human service workers and that no training allowed negative self-efficacy beliefs to grow.
authors.forename: Deborah B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Nancy E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003406:Credentialing; D003479:Curriculum; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008923:Missouri; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014481:United States