Participant perceptions of lay health workers in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

The source is a copy of a report. This study aimed to answer the following questions: 1/As perceived by EFNEP participants, do lay health workers who teach the program have the qualities, characteristics and processes that were deemed important as outlined in the literature. 2/Do the EFNEP participants perceive these qualities and characteristics as important when receiving nutrition education, 3) How does the presence or absence of these items relate to the behavioral outcomes measured in EFNEP. Data were collected by a cross-sectional sample of 202 participants. Results show that the participants highly rated the health workers in areas of informational and emotional support, social learning theory constructs, and personal characteristics of friendliness, compassion, respect, credibility and trust. Perceived the same characteristics and qualities to be important when receiving nutrition education.