TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief education intervention increases nutrition knowledge and confidence of coaches of Junior Australian football teams
AU - Belski, Regina
AU - Donaldson, Alex
AU - Staley, Kiera
AU - Skiadopoulos, Anne
AU - Randle, Erica
AU - O'Halloran, Paul
AU - Kappelides, Pam
AU - Teakel, Steve
AU - Stanley, Sonya
AU - Nicholson, Matthew
N1 - Funding Information:
The intervention and evaluation were supported by funding from Vi-cHealth. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. The authors would like to thank the AFL Victoria and the community coaches who volunteered their time for this study. The study was designed by R. Belski, K. Staley, M. Nicholson, A. Skiadopoulos, E. Randle, P. O’Halloran, P. Kappelides, S. Teakel, and S. Stanley; data were collected and analyzed by R. Belski, K. Staley, M. Nicholson, A. Skiadopoulos, and S. Teakel; data interpretation and manuscript preparation were undertaken by R. Belski, A. Donaldson, K. Staley, M. Nicholson, A. Skiadopoulos, and E. Randle. All authors approved the final version of the paper.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Human Kinetics, Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - This study evaluated the impact of a brief (20-min) nutrition education intervention embedded in an existing mandatory coach education course for coaches of junior (8-12 years old) Australian football teams. A total of 284 coaches (68% of 415 coaching course participants) completed a presession questionnaire, and 110 coaches (27% of coaching course participants) completed an identical postsession questionnaire. The responses to the pre- and postsession surveys were matched for 78 coaches. Coaches' ratings of their own understanding of the nutritional needs of young athletes (6.81, 8.95; p < .001), the importance of young athletes adhering to a healthy diet (9.09, 9.67; p = .001), their confidence in their own nutrition knowledge (7.24, 8.64; p < .001), and their confidence in advising young athletes on nutrition and hydration practices (6.85, 8.62; p < .001), all significantly improved following the education session. Nearly all coaches (>95%) provided a correct response to six of the 15 nutrition and hydration knowledge questions included in the presession questionnaire. Even with this high level of presession knowledge, there was a significant improvement in the coaches' nutrition and hydration knowledge after the education session across five of the 15 items, compared with before the education session. The results of this study suggest that a simple, short nutrition education intervention, embedded in an existing coach education course, can positively influence the nutrition knowledge and self-efficacy of community-level, volunteer coaches of junior sports participants.
AB - This study evaluated the impact of a brief (20-min) nutrition education intervention embedded in an existing mandatory coach education course for coaches of junior (8-12 years old) Australian football teams. A total of 284 coaches (68% of 415 coaching course participants) completed a presession questionnaire, and 110 coaches (27% of coaching course participants) completed an identical postsession questionnaire. The responses to the pre- and postsession surveys were matched for 78 coaches. Coaches' ratings of their own understanding of the nutritional needs of young athletes (6.81, 8.95; p < .001), the importance of young athletes adhering to a healthy diet (9.09, 9.67; p = .001), their confidence in their own nutrition knowledge (7.24, 8.64; p < .001), and their confidence in advising young athletes on nutrition and hydration practices (6.85, 8.62; p < .001), all significantly improved following the education session. Nearly all coaches (>95%) provided a correct response to six of the 15 nutrition and hydration knowledge questions included in the presession questionnaire. Even with this high level of presession knowledge, there was a significant improvement in the coaches' nutrition and hydration knowledge after the education session across five of the 15 items, compared with before the education session. The results of this study suggest that a simple, short nutrition education intervention, embedded in an existing coach education course, can positively influence the nutrition knowledge and self-efficacy of community-level, volunteer coaches of junior sports participants.
KW - Junior sport
KW - Nutrition education
KW - Volunteer education
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85048774363
U2 - 10.1123/ijsnem.2017-0170
DO - 10.1123/ijsnem.2017-0170
M3 - Article
C2 - 29091476
AN - SCOPUS:85048774363
SN - 1526-484X
VL - 28
SP - 259
EP - 265
JO - International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
JF - International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
IS - 3
ER -