Improving Teacher Health and Well-Being: Mixed Methods Outcomes Evaluation of the Be Well Care Well Program
| Author(s) | Moreland, Angela | |
| Author(s) | Schnake, Kerrie | |
| Author(s) | Lessard, Laura | |
| Author(s) | Davies, Faraday | |
| Author(s) | Prowell, Katelyn | |
| Author(s) | Hubel, Grace S. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2024-09-16T20:04:49Z | |
| Date Available | 2024-09-16T20:04:49Z | |
| Publication Date | 2024-08-09 | |
| Description | This article was originally published in Early Childhood Education Journal. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01698-6. © The Author(s) 2024. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | |
| Abstract | Early Care and Education (ECE) providers earn low wages, have limited access to employer sponsored health insurance, and are at higher risk for poor health (Lessard, 2020). Evidence shows that poor ECE teacher physical and mental health is associated with decreased ability to provide quality care for young children (Esquivel et al., 2016). One potential way to improve ECE teacher health is through workplace wellness interventions. Through longitudinal surveys and qualitative interviews with ECE providers, we found that, over the course of a year, ECE providers who participated in Be Well Care Well (BWCW), a 12-month wellness program designed specifically for ECEproviders, improved significantly on measures of personal strength and resilience, worker stress, job satisfaction, motivation towards health, and engagement in physical activity, which was supported by interviews conducted by a subset of teachers. Providers’ physical activity was specifically associated with the amount of time they reported engaging in components of the BWCW intervention. Compelling data was also gathered about the experience of children in the care of ECE providers who participated in BWCW. Findings show that after participating in BWCW, teachers’ interactions with the children in their care proactively facilitate healthy social and emotional development. This provides initial evidence that BWCW is a promising approach for improving the lives of ECE providers and the quality of care they provide to young children. | |
| Sponsor | Open access funding provided by the Carolinas Consortium. This project was funded by the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education and the Kellogg Foundation (P0130817). | |
| Citation | Moreland, A., Schnake, K., Lessard, L. et al. Improving Teacher Health and Well-Being: Mixed Methods Outcomes Evaluation of the Be Well Care Well Program. Early Childhood Educ J (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01698-6 | |
| ISSN | 1573-1707 | |
| URL | https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/34994 | |
| Language | en_US | |
| Publisher | Early Childhood Education Journal | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| Keywords | early care education | |
| Keywords | well-being | |
| Keywords | classroom climate | |
| Title | Improving Teacher Health and Well-Being: Mixed Methods Outcomes Evaluation of the Be Well Care Well Program | |
| Type | Article |
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