Table 1 Overview of the EPAO and EPAO-SR and Field Testing Summary
Category | Sample description of items | Questionnaire | Reporter | Day completed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Provisions 1: food and beverages served; active play and sedentary opportunities | • Types of food and beverages served | Staff today survey | Classroom teachers | X | X | X | X |
• Amount of active play time offered, indoor and outdoor | Daily observation tool | Research staff | X | X | X | X | |
• Amount of TV, computer, and seated time | |||||||
Provisions 2: classroom physical environment | • Classroom posters or books featuring food or PA | Staff general survey | Classroom teachers | X |  | X |  |
• Fixed and portable play equipment | Daily observation tool | Research staff | X | X | X | X | |
• Amount of space for active play | |||||||
Provisions 3: center’s physical environment | • Natural features, e.g., trees, open play space | Director survey | Center director | X |  | X |  |
• Presence of vending machines | Daily observation tool | Research staff | X | X | X | X | |
Practices: teacher engagement with children around eating & activity | • Teacher behavior around mealtimes and active play time periods | Staff today survey | Classroom teachers | X |  | X |  |
• Use of food or PA as a reward or punishment | Daily observation tool | Research staff | X | X | X | X | |
Policies, Training and Education: regulations, planned trainings, & formal education | • Policies regarding nutrition or PA | Director survey | Center director | X |  | X |  |
• Nutrition- or PA-related training for center staff | Document review | Research staff |  |  |  | X | |
• Parent education around nutrition or PA, e.g., workshops, emails, pamphlets | |||||||