Nurturing Healthy Teachers

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to compare the impact of a fruit and vegetable access plus nutrition education intervention to a nutrition education-only control on the health, well-being, and food security of early care and education (ECE) professionals. The intervention, called Nurturing Healthy Teachers, combines strategies from two evidence-based programs - Create Healthy Futures (CHF) and Brighter Bites (BB).

Conditions

• Nutrition, Healthy
• Mental Health Wellness 1
• Diabetes Mellitus Risk
• Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brighter Bites (BB) Produce Distribution

For 16 weeks in the school year, teachers in participating program schools will receive distributions of 8-10 different types of produce items.

BEHAVIORAL

Brighter Bites (BB) Nutrition Education

Brighter Bites Nutrition Education will consist of recipes, food preparation and storage ideas, and tips and tools to budget and plan meals. Teachers will be trained in a nutrition education curriculum, which will be implemented in the program schools as part of the BB program.

BEHAVIORAL

Create Healthy Futures (CHF) Weekly Wellness Groups

Peer-facilitators will lead virtual weekly group discussions. Penn State Better Kid Care will train the wellness facilitators.

BEHAVIORAL

Create Healthy Futures (CHF) Web-Based Module

Create Healthy Futures Web-Based Module is self-paced and focuses on the following topics: 1) Introduction, 2) Challenges of the food environment, 3) Nutrition and your health, 4) Food culture reform, and 5) Providers' role in creating healthy futures. The Create Healthy Futures module utilizes several educational methods to increase interactivity and engagement, including video footage of content experts, reflection activities, downloadable handouts, and action planning. Each chapter takes approximately 30-40 minutes to complete. The program is delivered on the Better Kid Care On Demand platform, an asynchronous learning management system that provides professional development training for teachers in all 50 states and 69 countries.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Brighter Bites

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Penn State Better Kid Care

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Texas at Austin

  collaborator OTHER

• Vitamix Foundation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Shreela V Sharma, PhD · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-11-04

Primary Completion

2024-05-20

Completion

2024-05-20

Countries

• United States

Study Locations