Development and Evaluation of the T.E.A.C.H. Study: A Randomized Control Trial
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Child Obesity
In brief
Using a randomized control design, this study seeks to develop and evaluate a nutrition intervention to increase Montessori teachers' nutrition knowledge, nutrition self-efficacy, nutrition teaching self-efficacy and cultural food competence to improve teachers' eating behaviors, nutrition teaching practices, classroom food practices, and teacher-parent communication. This study will examine the feasibility and efficacy of a nutrition intervention for teachers which will include a nutrition education program via an online platform and hands-on Montessori-based curriculum to teach nutrition in the classroom. Teachers from multiple schools will be recruited using the public national Montessori listserv. This study will enhance teachers' nutrition knowledge which may increase their nutrition teaching practices and improve their personal nutrition habits. Improving teachers' personal and classroom nutrition practices may improve teachers' personal health outcomes and may positively impact their students through modeling of healthy behaviors and improving the classroom food environment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06926907
- Run by
- Florida International University
- People needed
- 95
- Starts
- 2023-06-06
- Expected to finish
- 2024-07-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-04-15
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Teachers were considered eligible to participate in the study if they taught in early childhood classrooms (students 3 to 6 years old), were ≥ 18 years old, and had access to an electronic device with internet connection and audiovisual capabilities.
You may not qualify if…
- Teachers were deemed ineligible to participate if they were not fluent in English (written \& verbal) or had plans to leave their place of employment during the study timeframe
Where it is running
- Florida International University — Miami, Florida, United States
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