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

October 28, 2016 updated by: Mary Jane Karpinski

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

366

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

5 years to 10 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

366 kindergarten through 4th grade students

18 cafeteria supervisors

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Case-Only
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
students' participation during lunch
Time Frame: within 6 weeks
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
Time Frame: 6 weeks
written pre and post-survey
6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Mary Jane Karpinski

Collaborators

U.S. Department of Education

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Susan Bazyk, PhD, Cleveland State University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 26, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 28, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

October 31, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 31, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 28, 2016

Last Verified

October 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 29789-BAZ-HS
  • H027A130158-13A, CFDA 84.027A (Other Grant/Funding Number: Ohio Department of Education)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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