%0 Journal Article
%T Peer Teaching Promotes Improved Knowledge and Attitudes about MyPlate and SuperTracker among College Students and Increases Self-Efficacy in Peer Nutrition Educators
%A Danielle Jerome
%A Sandra Baker
%A Cheng-Shun Fang
%J Creative Education
%P 979-992
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2018
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2018.96072
%X <strong>Background</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>:</strong> Peer teaching to college students can be an effective method for improving knowledge and attitudes toward healthy eating.</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">MyPlate and SuperTracker tools are valuable resources for healthy meal planning. However, awareness and knowledge of these tools are necessary to effect change. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> To evaluate university students¡¯ knowledge and attitudes about the USDA¡¯s MyPlate icon and SuperTracker tools before and after peer teaching by a nutrition major.</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Design</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: Cross-secti</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">onal online pre and post-survey administered to participants before and after peer teaching.</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Participants/Setting:</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">264 mixed majors enrolled in First Year Experience (FYE) classes at a large university were peer taught by upper class undergraduate nutrition majors on a relevant nutrition topic in 20-minute presentations that featured MyPlate and SuperTracker tools.</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Statistical analyses performed: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages) were used for categorical variables and parametric tests (independent paired t-test) were used for continuous variables.</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P</span></i><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">&lt;</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">.05 was considered statistically significant.</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The majority of participants were female (68.2%), freshmen (53.8%), white (83%), and non-nutrition majors (96.2%).</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Both males and females indicated favorable
%K Peer Teaching
%K College Students
%K MyPlate
%K SuperTracker
%K Self-Efficacy
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=85031