Journal Club 9 -Facebook: The Use of Social Media to Engage Parents in a Preschool Obesity Prevention Curriculum

This presentation will share the results of a mixed methods approach to evaluating the use of Facebook to engage parents in an nutrition promotion curriculum for Head Start. Attendees will learn about the process to develop and deliver a Facebook-based parent engagement component as a companion to a classroom curriculum. The presentation will highlight features of the intervention that worked best as well as characteristics of participants that found the Facebook component most useful.

SNEB Nutrition Educator Competency:  Written, Oral, and Social Media Communication 

Related JNEB article.

The Fall Journal Club series is supported by Elsevier. If you are not an SNEB member use the code JNEBJCCOMP to receive free registration as their guest.

About the Presenters

•  Taren Swindle, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• Wendy Ward, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• Leanne Whiteside-Mansell EdD, Unversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Education Benefits

Participants of this webinar will receive 1 CEU for live attendance. The webinar provides information on the following:

SNEB Nutrition Educator Competencies

• 9.1. Communicate effectively in written, visual, and oral form, with individuals, the media, and other groups, in ways that are appropriate for diverse audiences.
• 8.7 Design or select strategies, activities and materials that match the objectives and are appropriate for diverse audiences
• 10.1 Analyze, evaluate, and interpret nutrition education research and apply it to practice

CDR Performance Indicators

• 9.3 Designs, selects and implements education strategies to meet the learning needs of the individual, group, community and population.
• 12.1.1 Promotes nutrition programs and resources to address issues of food security, nutritional health and overall health and wellness.
• 12.4.2 Collaborates with community partners to implement programs based on the assessed needs, values, beliefs, limitations and strengths of the population.

CDR Learning Need Codes

• 4010 Community intervention, monitoring, and evaluation
• 9020 Evaluation and application of research
• 4020 Community program development