The Wellness Child Care Assessment Tool: A measure to assess the quality of written nutrition and physical activity policies

Author(s): Falbe, Jennifer; Kenney, Erica L.; Henderson, Kathryn E.; Schwartz, Marlene B.;
Date Issued: December, 2011
Description: An analysis of the reliability and validity of a 65-item measure to evaluate five areas of child care center policies--nutrition education, nutrition standards for foods and beverages, promoting healthy eating in the child care setting, physical activity, and communication and evaluation--and an examination of the total scale and each subscale's comprehensiveness and strength, based on data from 221 Connecticut child care centers participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
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Funder(s): Rudd Foundation ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Journal Title: Journal of the American Dietetic Association
Volume Number: 111
Issue Number: 12
Page Range: 1852-1860
Topics: Research & Evaluation Methods > Measures

Policies > Child Care & Early Education Policies
Country: United States
States: CONNECTICUT
ISSN: 0002-8223 Paper
Peer Reviewed: yes
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