Table 4 Attitudes regarding food service providers and nutrition policies in childcare centers food service providers
From: The food and activity environments of childcare centers in Rhode Island: a directors’ survey
Question | All centers (%) | CACFP (%) | Non-CACFP (%) | p value* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SA | A | D | SD | SA | A | D | SD | SA | A | D | SD | ||
Food Service Providers | |||||||||||||
I have input on menus written by my food service provider | 36.4 | 40.9 | 18.2 | 4.5 | 31.2 | 56.2 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | .0520 |
I am NOT satisfied with the quality of the food that my food service provider is providing to my center | -- | 4.5 | 59.1 | 36.4 | -- | 6.2 | 56.2 | 37.5 | -- | 0.0 | 60.0 | 40.0 | 1.000 |
In my opinion, the food provided by my food service provider is healthy | 18.2 | 77.3 | 4.5 | -- | 12.5 | 87.5 | 0.0 | -- | 40.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | -- | .2281 |
Nutrition Policies | |||||||||||||
There should be efforts made to ensure the nutritional quality of foods served | 61.9 | 32.3 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 68.6 | 31.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60.3 | 30.9 | 7.3 | 1.5 | .3920 |
I would support changes to state regulations that would establish a new standard for improved nutritional quality of foods served | 50.0 | 39.2 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 55.9 | 38.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 47.8 | 38.8 | 7.4 | 6.0 | .7854 |
My center’s staff/teachers would support changes to state regulations that would establish a new standard for improved nutritional quality of food | 44.7 | 44.7 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 44.1 | 47.1 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 46.2 | 41.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | .9408 |
Parents would support changes to state regulations that would establish a new standard for improved nutritional quality of food | 31.3 | 50.0 | 12.5 | 6.3 | 28.1 | 56.3 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 33.3 | 46.0 | 14.3 | 6.4 | .8409 |
Staff/teachers at my center will require information and training needed to implement changes to my center’s nutrition standards | 28.7 | 39.6 | 24.8 | 6.9 | 32.4 | 38.2 | 23.5 | 5.9 | 27.7 | 40.0 | 24.6 | 7.7 | .9762 |