Creating a Comfortable Cafeteria: Staff and Student Feedback - Outcome Study (Cafeteria Prog)

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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A mixed methods design was used to explore the outcomes of a 6-week, occupational therapy-led Comfortable Cafeteria program designed to build capacity of cafeteria supervisors to create a positive mealtime environment so that all students can successfully participate in and enjoy their meal and socialization with peers.

Detailed Description
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A mixed methods design was used to explore the outcomes of a 6-week, occupational therapy-led Comfortable Cafeteria program designed to build capacity of cafeteria supervisors to create a positive mealtime environment so that all students can successfully participate in and enjoy their meal and socialization with peers. Statistically significant improvements in pretest posttest visual analogue scale ratings of participation in and enjoyment for students with low and mid-range scores at the outset was found. Cafeteria supervisors demonstrated statistically significant improvements in perceptions of having the knowledge and skills to supervise and to encourage healthy eating based on pretest posttest ratings. Qualitative findings add further insight about the program suggesting that students learned prosocial values (e.g. being kind, helping others), supervisors actively encouraged positive social interaction, and occupational therapy practitioners enjoyed implementing the Comfortable Cafeteria program and recognized positive supervisor and student changes as a result of integrating services in the cafeteria.

Official Title
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The Comfortable Cafeteria Program for Promoting Student Participation and Enjoyment: An Outcome Study

Conditions
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School Health Services

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Comfortable Cafeteria Program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Students participating in lunch from a particular grade Cafeteria supervisors of those children Students with parental consent Exclusion Criteria: Students who did not have parental consent

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 5 Years
Maximum Age: 10 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Behavioral: Comfortable Cafeteria Program|6-week program integrated into the cafeteria lunchtime to build capacity of supervisors and students to create a positive social and emotional atmosphere so that students can enjoy eating their lunch and socializing with peers.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| students' participation during lunch | Visual analogue scale | within 6 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| survey of cafeteria supervisor's knowledge, beliefs and actions related to supervising students in the cafeteria | written pre and post-survey | 6 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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school lunch, occupational therapy