Abstract
Objective: Assess trainees' baseline conceptualizations of transdisciplinary (TD) childhood obesity prevention research.
Description: Kinetic drawings, personal statements, and short answer items were analyzed using thematic coding (N=1).
Evaluation: At baseline, students viewed TD research as a multi-disciplinary, holistic approach to alleviating complex problems. TD teams were depicted as idealistically democratic, large and difficult to coordinate, and requiring a common language. Few students described TD activity that was integrated across levels of analysis.
Conclusions and Implications: Students' baseline conceptualizations of TD can be used to understand development of TD scholarly orientation and identify targets for TD training.
Description: Kinetic drawings, personal statements, and short answer items were analyzed using thematic coding (N=1).
Evaluation: At baseline, students viewed TD research as a multi-disciplinary, holistic approach to alleviating complex problems. TD teams were depicted as idealistically democratic, large and difficult to coordinate, and requiring a common language. Few students described TD activity that was integrated across levels of analysis.
Conclusions and Implications: Students' baseline conceptualizations of TD can be used to understand development of TD scholarly orientation and identify targets for TD training.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | S191-S192 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |