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Direct linkKehm, Rebecca; Hearst, Mary O.; Sherman, Shelley; Elwell, Kate L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
The 2012 FAV-S pilot study was developed as a dietary intervention program for low-income Somali mothers grounded in the health belief model. The intervention was geared toward increasing fruit and vegetable intake among participants' children. The purpose of this analysis was to determine the impact of the FAV-S program on participants' (1)…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Food, Dietetics, Intervention
Mittmann, Silke; Austel, Anja; Ellrott, Thomas – Health Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of the Cancer Society of Lower Saxony's school-based nutrition education programme "5-a-day for kids", designed to increase children's fruit and vegetable consumption. Intervention: the programme included three parts (each 45 minutes): education-based classroom session;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Nutrition Instruction, Comprehensive School Health Education
Ferrer, Rebecca A.; Bergman, Hannah E.; Klein, William M. P. – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
Worry has been shown to predict a variety of health behaviors, such as cancer screening, yet there are few studies linking worry and nutrition. This study used nationally representative data from National Cancer Institute's Food Attitudes and Behavior Survey ("n" = 3,397) to examine the association between health-related worry and a variety of…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Health Behavior, Anxiety, Behavioral Science Research
McClelland, Jacquelyn W.; Jayaratne, K.S.U.; Bird, Carolyn L. – Journal of Extension, 2013
A prospective, controlled, randomized, crossover design was used to examine a nutrition education curriculum's effects on knowledge and behavior of 463 limited-resource older adults in 13 counties. Counties were randomized to begin with the treatment or control curriculum and then the remaining curriculum. Participants completed a pre-test…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nutrition Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Knowledge Level
Mead, Erin L.; Gittelsohn, Joel; Roache, Cindy; Corriveau, André; Sharma, Sangita – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
Diet-related chronic diseases are highly prevalent among indigenous populations in the Canadian Arctic. A community-based, multi-institutional nutritional and lifestyle intervention--Healthy Foods North--was implemented to improve food-related psychosocial factors and behaviors among Inuit and Inuvialuit in four intervention communities (with two…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Eating Habits, Chronic Illness, Health Promotion
Nyquist, Helen; Rhee, Yeong; Brunt, Ardith; Garden-Robinson, Julie – Journal of Extension, 2011
The effectiveness of online messages to change dietary intake and level of physical activity was assessed. Thirty-six volunteers completed a 26-item pre- and post-intervention online survey and received a total of 36 email messages about MyPyramid, food labels, healthier lifestyles, and physical activity. Participants reported increased fiber…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Pilot Projects
Hoerr, Sharon L.; Abdulkadri, Abdullahi O.; Miller, Steven; Waltersdorf, Christine; LaShore, Margaret; Martin, Karen; Newkirk, Cathy – Journal of Extension, 2011
This article advances the literature on assessment of EFNEP's effectiveness. Factor analysis of Behavior Checklist items were performed to arrive at a parsimonious set of constructs used to assess the effects of program attributes on participants' behavior change. Based on the data from Michigan EFNEP, the use of constructs demonstrated a robust…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Modification, Program Effectiveness, Factor Analysis
Watterson, Tom – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Finding ways to improve nutritional and physical activity components with today's adolescents is a significant problem. The obesity epidemic is over 10 years old and little research has been done on successful interventions that motivate today's students using the latest technology. A total of 140 middle school students and four physical…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Computer Oriented Programs
Backman, Desiree; Scruggs, Valarie; Atiedu, Akpene Ama; Bowie, Shene; Bye, Larry; Dennis, Angela; Hall, Melanie; Ossa, Alexandra; Wertlieb, Stacy; Foerster, Susan B. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of the "Fruit, Vegetable, and Physical Activity Toolbox for Community Educators" ("Toolbox"), an intervention originally designed for Spanish- and English-speaking audiences, in changing knowledge, attitudes, and behavior among low-income African American women. Design: Quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Health Services, Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Low Income
