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Earned media/public relations

Unpaid coverage resulting from media outreach by SNAP-Ed programs/partners. May result from community events, forums, and media appearances and interviews or occur incidental to SNAP-Ed intervention activities.

Emerging

Newly created and growing in strength or evidence base.

Emerging interventions

Interventions that have been successfully implemented and show promise based on their underlying theory and approach but have not yet been fully evaluated in the field.

Environmental

Includes the built or physical environments, which are visible or observable and may include economic, social, normative, or message environments.

Environmental scan

A process that surveys programs, services, supports and other resources that are currently in place.

Every Student Succeeds Act

The most recent reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; http://www.ed.gov/essa, which was passed in December 2015 and replaced the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Included in the ESSA are provisions that monitor and reallocate resources to schools and Local Educational Agencies to support schools and groups of students that exhibit achievement gaps and high dropout rates.

Evidence-based education

The integration of the best research evidence with the best available practice-based evidence into education interventions. The best research evidence refers to relevant rigorous research including systematically reviewed scientific evidence. Practice-based evidence refers to case studies, pilot studies, and evidence from the field that demonstrate obesity prevention potential.