Korean J Community Nutr.  2011 Aug;16(4):497-510. 10.5720/kjcn.2011.16.4.497.

A Study of Parents' Satisfaction and Needs for Foodservice Quality of the Childcare Centers in Chungnam Asan Area

• Song ES
• Kim EG

• KMID: 2266122
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2011.16.4.497

Abstract

We tried to find out parents' satisfaction and needs for foodservice quality of the childcare centers with an intention of improving it. Self-completed questionnaires were randomly collected from the parents of children in 174 childcare centers around Asan and were analyzed. Most of respondents were mothers who were housewives with college degrees (69%) in their 30's (80%). They thought nutrition (50%) and food hygiene (43%) were the most important factors for decision. Eighty percent of parents recognized the strong relationship between foodservice quality and childrens' mental and physical development. Most centers (94%) were delivering menu notices home, so parents well recognized the center's foodservice situation and problems of their kids' eating habits. The parents' satisfaction scores were 3.26 out of 5-point scale. The biggest dissatisfaction was from no variation in menu, but remarkable appreciation was from the effect of foodservice on the correction for kids' unbalanced diet habit. They had demands for improvement of nutritious menu and professional nutrition teacher in charge of foodservice and nutrition education for children and also for parents.

Keyword

parents' satisfaction an needs; foodservice quality; childcare center; nutrition education

MeSH Terms

Child
Eating
Fees and Charges
Food Habits
Humans
Hygiene
Intention
Mothers
Parents
Surveys and Questionnaires

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