Journal Club 9 -Facebook: The Use of Social Media to Engage Parents in a Preschool Obesity Prevention Curriculum

<p>This presentation will share the results of a mixed methods approach to evaluating the use of Facebook to engage parents in an nutrition promotion curriculum for Head Start. Attendees will learn about the process to develop and deliver a Facebook-based parent engagement component as a companion to a classroom curriculum. The presentation will highlight features of the intervention that worked best as well as characteristics of participants that found the Facebook component most useful.</p> <p>SNEB Nutrition Educator Competency:  Written, Oral, and Social Media Communication </p> <p><a href='https://www.jneb.org/article/S1499-4046(17)30614-0/fulltext'>Related JNEB article.</a></p> <p>The Fall Journal Club series is supported by <a href='https://www.elsevier.com/'>Elsevier</a>. If you are not an SNEB member use the code JNEBJCCOMP to receive free registration as their guest.</p> <p>About the Presenters</p> <ul><li> Taren Swindle, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences</li> <li>Wendy Ward, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences</li> <li>Leanne Whiteside-Mansell EdD, Unversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences</li> </ul> <p>Education Benefits</p> <p>Participants of this webinar will receive 1 CEU for live attendance. The webinar provides information on the following:</p> <p>SNEB Nutrition Educator Competencies</p> <ul><li>9.1. Communicate effectively in written, visual, and oral form, with individuals, the media, and other groups, in ways that are appropriate for diverse audiences.</li> <li>8.7 Design or select strategies, activities and materials that match the objectives and are appropriate for diverse audiences</li> <li>10.1 Analyze, evaluate, and interpret nutrition education research and apply it to practice</li> </ul> <p>CDR Performance Indicators</p> <ul><li>9.3 Designs, selects and implements education strategies to meet the learning needs of the individual, group, community and population.</li> <li>12.1.1 Promotes nutrition programs and resources to add