Successes and Challenges Using a Train-the-Trainer Approach: Educating Children About Nutrition and Physical Activity in After-School Programs
This article reviews the successes and challenges of a train-the-trainer model for educating elementary school children about nutrition and physical activity in an effort to combat the obesity epidemic. The incidence of people becoming overweight and obese is alarming, and especially
so in school-aged children. It is important for family and consumer sciences (FCS) professionals to combat this trend with appropriate interventions. FCS professionals are experts at training and program implementation, and they can be informed by the lessons learned in this study. Programs
that recruit appropriate staff (trainers), implement parsimonious curriculum, provide mentoring, and secure sustained funding likely will experience greater satisfaction with program implementation and evaluation.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 December 2016
- The Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences is the official publication of the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS).
Each issue of the Journal contains the following professional and exclusive features:
- Scholarly peer-reviewed articles
- Practical information geared toward family and consumer sciences professionals
- News and information about AAFCS
In response to member feedback, the Journal now presents more columns and articles on trends and developments in the field, best practices, resources, and opinions. The Journal features knowledge gained from the research and academic arenas and focuses on how this knowledge can be applied by practitioners in the field.
The Journal is published four times a year: Winter (late January), Spring (mid- April), Summer (mid-August), and Fall (mid-November). It is indexed by the Family Index Database, Family and Society Studies World Wide, and the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). All AAFCS members receive a subscription to the Journal.
For information about joining AAFCS, which includes a subscription to this journal, visit the AAFCS website links below and click on Membership . Nonmembers and institutions can subscribe to the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences through IngentaConnect by selecting the Purchase Subscription link below. Individual issues and articles can also be purchased by browsing to the issue or article pages. - Editorial Board
- Information for Authors
- Submit a Paper
- Subscribe to this Title
- Membership Information
- Information for Advertisers
- Ingenta Connect is not responsible for the content or availability of external websites
Receive new issue alert- Access Key
- Free content
- Partial Free content
- New content
- Open access content
- Partial Open access content
- Subscribed content
- Partial Subscribed content
- Free trial content