Role of early childhood educators’ demographic characteristics and perceived work environment in implementation of a preschool health promotion intervention

Gustafsson, Jasmine; Ray, Carola; Lehto, Elviira; Roos, Eva; Lehto, Reetta

doi:10.1186/s13690-023-01133-z

Archives of Public Health

Table 3 Results from the linear regression analyses showing univariate associations for each implementation outcome variable in the DAGIS intervention program, 2017–2018 (N = 32 preschool groups)

From: Role of early childhood educators’ demographic characteristics and perceived work environment in implementation of a preschool health promotion intervention

Variable	Dose delivered				Dose received - exposure				Dose received - satisfaction				Perceived quality				Total degree of implementation
Variable	B (β)	SE B	(95% CI for B)	R²	B (β)	SE B	(95% CI for B)	R²	B (β)	SE B	(95% CI for B)	R²	B (β)	SE B	(95% CI for B)	R²	B (β)	SE B	(95% CI for B)	R²
Educational attainment^a	0.01 (0.16)	0.02	(-0.02, 0.05)	.03	0.14 (0.35)*	0.07	(0.00, 0.27)	.12	0.04 (0.28)	0.02	(-0.01, 0.08)	.08	-0.00 (-0.00)	0.02	(-0.04, 0.04)	.00	0.19 (0.35)*	0.09	(0.00, 0.37)	.12
Age^b	0.01 (0.07)	0.02	(-0.04, 0.06)	.01	0.23 (0.41)*	0.09	(0.04, 0.42)	.17	0.02 (0.09)	0.04	(-0.05, 0.09)	.01	-0.02 (-0.11)	0.03	(-0.07, 0.04)	.01	0.24 (0.31)	0.14	(-0.03, 0.52)	.10
Work experience at current preschool^c	-0.01 (-0.16)	0.01	(-0.03, 0.01)	.03	0.02 (0.07)	0.04	(-0.07, 0.11)	.01	-0.02 (-0.29)	0.01	(-0.05, 0.01)	.08	-0.01 (-0.08)	0.01	(-0.03, 0.02)	.01	-0.02 (-0.06)	0.06	(-0.15, 0.10)	.00
Work experience early childhood education^d	-0.01 (-0.15)	0.01	(-0.04, 0.02)	.02	0.03 (0.11)	0.06	(-0.08, 0.15)	.01	-0.03 (-0.28)	0.02	(-0.07, 0.01)	.08	-0.01 (-0.14)	0.01	(-0.04, 0.02)	.02	-0.02 (-0.04)	0.08	(-0.17, 0.14)	.00
Support from coworkers	-0.61 (-0.16)	0.71	(-2.07, 0.84)	.02	-1.46 (-0.08)	3.15	(-7.89, 4.98)	.01	0.18 (0.03)	1.08	(-2.02, 2.39)	.00	-0.22 (-0.05)	0.77	(-1.80, 1.35)	.00	-2.11 (-0.09)	4.35	(-11.00, 6.78)	.01
Group work	-0.05 (-0.02)	0.68	(-1.43, 1.32)	.00	2.37 (0.15)	2.93	(-3.61, 8.36)	.02	0.33 (0.06)	1.01	(-1.74, 2.40)	.00	0.11 (0.03)	0.72	(-1.36, 1.59)	.00	2.76 (0.12)	4.06	(-5.53, 11.06)	.02
Innovative climate	0.02 (0.00)	0.70	(-1.40, 1.44)	.00	-1.75 (-0.11)	3.04	(-7.95, 4.45)	.01	1.66 (0.29)	1.00	(-0.38, 3.70)	.09	-0.78 (-0.19)	0.73	(-2.27, 0.71)	.04	-0.85 (-0.04)	4.21	(-9.45, 7.76)	.00

B Unstandardized regression coefficients, β Standardized regression coefficients, SE Standard error
^*p < .05
^aHigher educational attainment (% of educators within classrooms with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education)
^bYounger age (% of educators aged less than 35 years within classrooms)
^cLess work experience at current preschool (% of educators within classrooms having less than 5 years’ experience)
^dLess work experience in early childhood education (% of educators within classrooms having less than 10 years’ experience)

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