Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Newman, Michael E.
Committee Member
Sexton, Julie S.
Committee Member
Jackson, Gary B.
Committee Member
White, Ronnie W.
Date of Degree
12-14-2013
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
Major
Agricultural and Extension Education
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department
School of Human Sciences
Abstract
Child care providers in Mississippi are required by the Mississippi Health Department to obtain food manager’s training and certification. The TummySafe© program satisfies this requirement and is offered in a self-paced computer delivered version and a traditional classroom version. This research explores participant changes in attitude and self-reported behaviors in the two methods of curriculum delivery as well as the correlation of knowledge change with attitude and self-reported behavior change. A quasi-experimental, pre-test/post-test design was used. Attitude change was not significantly different in the two methods. Traditional participants reported a higher change in self-reported behaviors than computer delivered participants. Both attitude and self-reported behavior change were positively correlated with knowledge gain.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19433
Recommended Citation
Schilling, Jennifer Knowles, "A Comparison of Participant Gains in Attitude and Behavior After Experiencing a Food Safety Curriculum in Traditional and Computer Delivered Environments" (2013). Theses and Dissertations. 67.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/67