Abstract
This study focuses on how an online continuing education program could affect nurse practitioner knowledge about prevention of pediatric obesity and self-efficacy to prevent pediatric obesity in the primary care setting. Three hundred fifty-four nurse practitioner participants completed an online survey and continuing education offering from across the United States. A statistically significant increase in both knowledge and self-efficacy were found when comparing pre- to posttest survey responses. This study shows that increased knowledge about how to prevent pediatric obesity may increase self-efficacy of nurse practitioners to implement prevention education for children and their parents within the primary care setting.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 402-408 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal for Nurse Practitioners |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2015 |
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Keywords
- Education
- Nurse practitioners
- Pediatric obesity
- Prevention
- Self-efficacy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Fundamentals and skills
- LPN and LVN
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Self-efficacy and knowledge of nurse practitioners to prevent pediatric obesity. / Hessler, Karen L.
In: Journal for Nurse Practitioners, Vol. 11, No. 4, 01.04.2015, p. 402-408.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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