Table 2.
Individual and organizational characteristics associated with the three outcomes for applying an ecological approach
| Parameter estimates* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual and organizational | Applied what I learned† | Implemented action plan‡ | Tried a different approach‡ | ||||||
| characteristic | OR | 95 % CI | P value | Estimate | se | P value | Estimate | se | P value |
| Credential | |||||||||
| Registered dietitian | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| Not registered dietitian | 2·55 | 0·91, 7·13 | 0·074 | 0·39 | 0·19 | 0·041 | 0·06 | 0·22 | 0·766 |
| Work experience (years) | |||||||||
| ≥16 | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| 6–15 | 6·42 | 2·03, 20·29 | 0·002 | 0·37 | 0·15 | 0·018 | 0·21 | 0·17 | 0·226 |
| ≤5 | 3·74 | 1·12, 12·55 | 0·032 | 0·32 | 0·17 | 0·056 | 0·29 | 0·19 | 0·124 |
| Networking utility | 1·51 | 0·92, 2·47 | 0·103 | 0·22 | 0·08 | 0·006 | 0·35 | 0·09 | 0·000 |
| Decision authority | 1·07 | 0·52, 2·17 | 0·858 | 0·18 | 0·12 | 0·129 | 0·21 | 0·13 | 0·120 |
| Job demands | 0·52 | 0·26, 1·01 | 0·054 | −0·02 | 0·11 | 0·841 | −0·04 | 0·13 | 0·757 |
| Job support | 1·23 | 0·68, 2·23 | 0·498 | −0·10 | 0·10 | 0·299 | −0·09 | 0·11 | 0·409 |
| Job scope | 1·36 | 0·86, 2·17 | 0·193 | 0·22 | 0·08 | 0·004 | 0·04 | 0·09 | 0·635 |
| Funding | |||||||||
| ≥50 % EFNEP | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| <50 % EFNEP | § | 0·16 | 0·42 | 0·703 | −0·69 | 0·47 | 0·141 | ||
| ≥50 % SNAP-Ed | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| <50 % SNAP-Ed | 0·08 | 0·01, 0·45 | 0·004 | −0·02 | 0·22 | 0·922 | 0·06 | 0·24 | 0·798 |
| Course knowledge & skills apply to my job | 3·73 | 1·62, 8·58 | 0·002 | 0·08 | 0·12 | 0·513 | 0·32 | 0·14 | 0·021 |
EFNEP, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program; SNAP-Ed, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education.
A generalized estimating equation (GEE) model with a binomial distribution and a logit link was used for the outcome ‘I have applied what I learned in this course to my work’ and linear mixed models for the outcomes ‘To what extent have you implemented some or all of an action plan for addressing childhood obesity in your community?’ and ‘To what extent did this course help you try a different approach to addressing childhood obesity in your community?’.
Response categories: ‘yes’/‘no’.
Response categories: ‘not at all’, ‘a little’, ‘some’, ‘a fair amount’, ‘a lot’.
Variable omitted due to complete separation of data (i.e. all six participants who received ≥50 % EFNEP funding reported applying the course to their work), resulting in maximum likelihood parameters not being possible to estimate.