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Slagel, Nicholas; Newman, Taylor; Sanville, Laurel; Dallas, Jackie; Cotto-Rivera, Edda; Moore, Jessie; Roberts MPH, Alexis; Sun Lee, Jung – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Fruit and Vegetable Prescription (FVRx) Programs combine produce prescriptions and nutrition education to reduce fruit and vegetable consumption barriers and promote health among low-income patient populations. This study examined whether a multi-level FVRx intervention model with intensive education improves dietary behaviors, food security, and…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Health Programs, Health Education, Low Income
Allison Byrd; Kristin Gibson; Catherine Sanders; Rachel Corry; Kevan Lamm; Alexa Lamm – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2023
University agricultural educators are challenged to employ innovative approaches to prepare undergraduates in agriculture and natural resources to address complex global problems while understanding interconnected systems. Undergraduates, current members of Generation Z (Gen Z), prefer environmental sustainability and innovation, but solutions for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Age Groups, Agricultural Education, Conservation (Environment)
Mielitz, Katherine S.; MacDonald, Maurice; Lurtz, Meghaan – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2018
We obtained 180 pre- and post-test surveys to investigate how an established financial literacy program may have increased financial knowledge of residents in a work release program in Augusta, Georgia. Paired t tests analyzed changes in subjective and objective financial knowledge, understanding of banking and credit, and financial attitudes. OLS…
Descriptors: Money Management, Knowledge Level, Consumer Education, Released Time
Lynch, Dana R.; Fuhrman, Nicholas E.; Duncan, Dennis W.; Hanula, Gail M. – Journal of Extension, 2015
Healthy lifestyles education (HLE) is defined as nutrition and physical activity education aimed at controlling or preventing serious health issues. The purpose of the study reported here was to determine knowledge and behaviors of Extension Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) and 4-H agents concerning HLE. Eighty-five and 86% of FACS and 4-H…
Descriptors: Life Style, Physical Activity Level, Physical Education, Health Promotion
Goetz, Joseph; Cude, Brenda J.; Nielsen, Robert B.; Chatterjee, Swarn; Mimura, Yoko – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2011
Using online survey responses from 509 undergraduate students, three financial education methods (on-campus financial counseling center, online financial management resources, and in-person educational workshops) were examined. Using a social constructionist framework, the analysis controlled for various demographic and financial factors. The…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Undergraduate Students, Student Interests, Money Management

Koonce, Joan C.; And Others – Advancing the Consumer Interest, 1990
The Consumer Judging contest conducted by the Georgia Cooperative Extension Service focuses on decision-making skills. Objectives are to help teenagers (1) make knowledgeable, rational decisions about purchases; (2) maximize resources; (3) obtain goods and services reflecting lifestyles, values, and goals; and (4) be responsible consumers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Consumer Education, Decision Making Skills, Extension Education
Hensley, Mary; And Others – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1977
The Atlanta Area Vocational Technical School's course in consumer education and family life skills is taught in various community rehabilitation centers to such groups as alcoholics, prison probationer parolees, and drug offenders. Focus is on such topics as money management, value clarification, buying foods and services, insurance, housing, and…
Descriptors: Community Education, Consumer Education, Correctional Education, Disadvantaged
Harrell, Karen L. – 1987
A project was conducted to create a handbook for consumer and homemaking education teachers in Georgia who deal with mainstreamed handicapped students. The handbook is intended to help teachers develop and implement effective individualized education programs and is designed to supplement the Georgia Curriculum Guide for Consumer and Homemaking…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Disabilities, Home Economics, Homemaking Skills
Wilhelms, Fred T., Ed. – 1979
The results of a one-year project to determine the status of provisions for consumer education throughout the country are reported in this document. A section on the observations and recommendations of the advisory committee of the consumer's education project serves as the document's introduction. Part I, background and overview, analyzes the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Consumer Education, Educational Policy, Federal State Relationship
Valentine, Tom, Ed.; Sandlin, Jenny, Ed. – Beyond Basic Skills, 1996
This document, which was written for adult educators in Georgia, offers instructional plans and practical strategies for helping students in adult literacy, adult basic education (ABE), General Educational Development, and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs understand the credit traps that can hurt them. The document begins with a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Classroom Techniques
Blackburn, Mary Ellen; Hall, Doris N. – 1988
Materials are provided for a consumer education activity designed to help teenagers make knowledgeable, rational decisions when purchasing goods and services. A student manual describes how the activity--a consumer judging contest--works. Information is provided on how consumers make decisions. Topics include: needs versus wants; sources of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Decision Making
National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Amherst, MA. – 1982
The effectiveness of Georgia's comprehensive high school consumer and homemaking educational programs in providing competence in six essential skill areas was studied. Respondents were selected from all Georgia high school graduates from 1978-79 who had participated in at least one consumer and homemaking education course. Survey findings showed…
Descriptors: Competence, Consumer Education, Educational Research, Graduate Surveys
Stitt-Gohdes, Wanda – 1997
This proceedings includes the following papers and carousel presentations: "Information Technology Related Career Development Needs of Secondary Vocational Teachers" (Joe W. Kotrlik, Betty C. Harrison, Donna H. Redmann, Cindy S. Handley); "Do Gender and Academic Risk Matter? Influences on Career Decision Making and Occupational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Administrator Attitudes, Adolescents