title: EFNEP's Impact on Exemplary Educators' Quality of Life.
abstract: To determine how the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) affects the quality of life (QoL) of its exemplary paraprofessional educators.
  
  
  
  Qualitative telephone interviews with EFNEP supervisors (15), educators (28), and agency partners (15). Template analysis based on the University of Toronto's QoL constructs.
  
  
  
  The EFNEP had a positive impact on 6 of 9 a priori categories: physical being, psychological being, social belonging, community belonging, practical becoming, and growth becoming.
  
  
  
  The EFNEP enhances the QoL of its exemplary educators, which suggests that the program's benefits go beyond those documented in participants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Electronic address: garry.auld@colostate.edu.
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Auld
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: Fort Collins, CO.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Infante
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Inglis-Widrick
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
authors.forename: Sandra B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Procter
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Department of Psychology, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Steger
authors.affiliation: University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono, ME.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yerxa
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D000071195:Educational Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept
keywords: EFNEP; paraprofessional educator; quality of life; teacher