Title

Influence Of Perceptions On School Nurse Practices To Prevent Childhood Obesity

Keywords

health/wellness; obesity; role promotion/development; school nurse knowledge/perceptions/self-efficacy

Abstract

Comprehensive childhood obesity prevention (COP) strategies should include increasing school nurse involvement. This study was conducted to determine the influence of key school nurse perceptions (self-efficacy, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers) on participation in COP practices at the individual child and school level. Florida registered nurse (RN) school nurses (n = 171) anonymously completed online or paper questionnaires. Linear regression analyses identified a model of self-efficacy with perceived benefits and barriers that explained 12% and 9.1% (p <.001) of variance in child-level and school-level COP practices, respectively. Self-efficacy explained the most variance in both models (p <.001). Mediation testing identified perceived barriers as a partial mediator of the influence of self-efficacy on child-level practices. These findings support interventions and policy changes to increase self-efficacy and reduce perceived barriers to promote school nurse involvement in preventing childhood obesity. © The Author(s) 2013.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Journal of School Nursing

Volume

30

Issue

4

Number of Pages

292-302

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840513508434

Socpus ID

84904053089 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84904053089

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