The effect of a multicomponent professional development training on the beliefs and behaviors of community health educators concerning food irradiation.

Beliefs have a significant effect on the health behaviors of individuals and educators; however, they can be difficult to change. The purpose of this study was to determine if exposing community health educators, specifically family and consumer sciences county extension educators, to a multicomponent professional development training on food irradiation could change their beliefs and behaviors. This study compared the food irradiation beliefs and educational programming of educators who participated in a professional development training with those who did not.

Determining the food irradiation beliefs of community nutrition educators: do beliefs influence educational outreach?

Objective: To develop an instrument to measure the food irradiation beliefs of community nutrition educators and to determine the influence of those beliefs on food irradiation educational outreach.

Design: Survey development, cross-sectional telephone survey.

Setting: Cooperative Extension Program.