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Cooking Self-Efficacy, Knowledge, and Skills Among Foster Adolescents Participating in a Nutrition Cooking Class

Bruno, Nicole Carol
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1573218146438714

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2019, MS, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Health Sciences.
The purpose of this study was to determine differences in cooking self-efficacy, cooking skills and cooking knowledge in foster adolescents before and after participating in a cooking education class. A preintervention and postintervention questionnaire was administered to the participants. A lecture with hands on demonstrations and handouts were provided and included food safety, knife skills, kitchen equipment and utensils, and basic cooking skills. Following the lecture, the adolescents cooked the recipes planned for the cooking education class. Cooking self-efficacy, cooking skills and cooking knowledge was measured using dependent t tests. A total of nine foster adolescents participated in the study. The average age was 14.7 years old. Five were male (55.6%) and three were female (33.3%). The majority of the participants were White/Caucasian (66.7%) and 44.4% reported living with a foster family. The results determined that there were no significant differences in cooking self-efficacy, cooking skills, and cooking knowledge before and after participating in a cooking education class with the level of significance set at p = 0.05. There were no significant differences in the ability to complete a particular cooking class (p = 0.35) and the perceived level of difficulty of a particular cooking task (p = 0.49). Limitations included time and the number of participants. The foster adolescents had basic cooking skills, knowledge, and self-efficacy; however, behavior was not assessed during the study to determine whether they could demonstrate and practice these aspects in the kitchen.
Karen Gordon, PhD, RD, LD (Advisor)
Natalie Caine-Bish, PhD, RD, LD (Committee Member)
Jamie Matthews, MS, RD, LD (Committee Member)
105 p.
Nutrition
foster adolescents; cooking self-efficacy; cooking knowledge; cooking skills; nutrition; cooking class; foster care

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  • Bruno, N. C. (2019). Cooking Self-Efficacy, Knowledge, and Skills Among Foster Adolescents Participating in a Nutrition Cooking Class [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1573218146438714

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bruno, Nicole. Cooking Self-Efficacy, Knowledge, and Skills Among Foster Adolescents Participating in a Nutrition Cooking Class . 2019. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1573218146438714.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bruno, Nicole. "Cooking Self-Efficacy, Knowledge, and Skills Among Foster Adolescents Participating in a Nutrition Cooking Class ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1573218146438714

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