Poster Abstracts P1 Preschool Nutrition Risk Screening Using NutriSTEP Ò Is Acceptable, Is Feasible, Increases Nutrition Knowledge, and Changes Nutrition Behavior in Ontario, Canada Janis Randall Simpson, PhD, RD, rjanis@uoguelph.ca, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; Heather Keller, PhD, RD, hkeller@uoguelph.ca, University of Guelph; Lee Rysdale, MEd, RD, LRysdale@opha.on.ca, Nutrition Resource Centre, Ontario Public Health Association, 700 Lawrence Avenue West, Suite 310, Toronto, ON, M6A 3B4, Canada; Joanne Beyers, MHSc, RD, beyersj@sdhu.com, Sudbury & District Health, Unit 300, Paris Street, Sudbury, ON, P3E 3A3, Canada Objective: To determine acceptablility, feasibility, and perceptions of nutrition screening using NutriSTEP (Nutri- tion Screening Tool for Every Preschooler). Design, Setting and Participants: A process evalua- tion was conducted in community/public health and pri- mary health care settings. Participants were parents/ caregivers of preschoolers (3-5 years of age) and health care providers. Intervention: Parents completed NutriSTEP, a 17-item questionnaire with constructs of food and ﬂuid intake, physical activity and sedentary behavior, physical growth, and factors affecting eating behavior. Children at nutri- tional risk are referred for assessment/treatment. Parents were interviewed by telephone to determine perceptions of NutriSTEP. Health care providers completed question- naires or interviews. Outcome Measures and Analysis: Descriptive statistics described nutritional risk. Perceptions of parents and health care providers were analyzed with thematic and content analysis, respectively. Results: NutriSTEP questionnaires were completed by 499 parents at 5 sites, with telephone evaluation com- pleted by 229 (46%). Seven percent of preschoolers were at high nutritional risk. For parents, the screening process served a facilitation role by increasing knowledge and awareness about preschool nutrition and by changing be- havior. Parents found that completion of NutriSTEP served as afﬁrmation of perceptions of their children’s nu- tritional risk, as well as a benchmark. Providers reported that establishing a NutriSTEP screening program was feasible, especially in existing screening and educational settings. Conclusions and Implications: The NutriSTEP pro- gram is feasible, acceptable, and sustainable; it not only screens for nutrition risk but also serves to increase nutri- tion awareness and knowledge and to change reported nu- trition behavior. This project is funded by Danone Institute of Canada, Nutrition Resource Centre. P2 Patterns of Family Meals and Nutritional Intakes in Participants of the Nebraska Nutrition Education Program Natalie Sehi, MS, RD, nsehi2@unl.edu; Megan Nichols, MS, RD, megamugs@hotmail.com; Wanda Koszewski, PhD, RD, LMNT, wkoszewski1@unl.edu, University of Nebraska– Lincoln, 110 Ruth Leverton Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0806 Objective: To assess family meal patterns of the Nebraska Nutrition Education Program (NEP) participants and to de- termine how the frequency of family meals affected the food group intake patterns of the children and the nutri- tional intake of the guardians. Design, Setting and Participants: Questionnaires were designed to assess family mealtime patterns of NEP participants and to assess the food group patterns of the participant’s oldest child. Outcome Measures and Analysis: Data were collected during the initial enrollment of 148 NEP participants. One hundred eight surveys were completed correctly and analyzed using analysis of variance, mean diffences, and c 2 analysis. Results: Results showed that those NEP participants who consumed breakfast 3 to 4 times per week had a signiﬁ- cantly higher Mean Adequacy Ratio (MAR) score than for all other frequencies of family breakfast (P < .05). Higher MAR scores reﬂect a more nutritious dietary intake. The same was true for participants who consumed family din- ner together 3 to 4 and 5 to 6 times per week (P < .05). There was also a correlation (P < .05) between frequency of family breakfast and amount of milk consumed, fre- quency of family lunch and amount of 100% fruit juice consumed, and frequency of family dinner and amount of fruit consumed by the children in the family. Conclusions and Implications: These results are prom- ising and indicate there is a potential relationship between frequency of family meals and nutritional intake of the family in NEP participants. Further research could indicate whether or not family mealtimes would be a beneﬁcial fo- cus for NEP education for this population. This project was funded by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program– Education and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. P3 Inuit Parents’ Perceptions of the Nutrition Program in Nunavik Daycare Centers, Canada Ame ´lie Bouchard Dufour, RD, amelie.bouchard-dufour.1@ ulaval.ca; Anne-Marie Hamelin, RD, MHSc, PhD, Anne-Marie.Hamelin@fsaa.ulaval.ca; Huguette Turgeon- O’Brien, RD, MSc, PhD, Huguette.Turgeon-OBrien@fsaa. ulaval.ca, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Universite ´ Laval, Pavillon Paul-Comtois, 2425 Rue de l’Agriculture, G1V 0A6, Que ´bec, Canada Objective: To explore Inuit parents’ perceptions of the Nutrition Program (NP) in Nunavik’s daycare centers re- garding its inﬂuence on the development of healthy eating habits of children. Design, Setting and Participants: This descriptive re- search, conducted in daycare centers of Umiujaq (Hudson coast) and Kangiqsualujjuaq (Ungava coast), used in-face individual interviews and questionnaires. Interviews Continued on page S87 S86 Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior  Volume 42, Number 4S, 2010