标题：Part 2: Preparing Entry-Level Occupational and Physical Therapy Students to Promote Healthy Lifestyles Emphasizing Healthy Eating with Individuals with Disabilities
摘要：Rehabilitation professionals including occupational therapists (OT) and physical
therapists (PT) are increasingly called upon to incorporate health promotion of lifestyle
behaviors including physical activity and healthy eating into routine clinical care. While
OTs and PTs may be comfortable promoting activity-related behaviors, many are less
comfortable with nutrition behaviors. To address entry-level OT and PT students’
perceived discomfort with discussing diet-related behaviors, faculty developed a healthy
eating module for students to use during a community-based service learning program.
The purpose of this paper is to describe the formative evaluation process of developing
the healthy eating module, and to discuss results of a pilot trial of this module. The
formative assessment of the healthy eating module consisted of four steps: focus
groups with students, key informant interviews with community partners, expert panel
round table, and expert panel review of materials. Students (n=117) completed
questionnaires at the end of the service learning program to assess how much they
used the new resources, and how useful they found the resources. The final healthy
eating module consisted of an on-line training session and a healthy eating toolkit,
including resources for assessments, treatment activities and additional nutrition
information. Mann-Whitney U tests indicated that students who reported high use of
materials found the resources significantly more helpful than those students who
reported low use (p<.001). Multi-step evaluation involving multiple stakeholders was
helpful in creating the new healthy eating module and the pilot study revealed that
revisions should focus on increasing student use of the materials.
关键词：Health promotion; nutrition behavior; service learning; entry-level curriculum
