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  • Perceptions and Experiences of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants Related to Receiving Food and Nutrition-Related Text Messages Sent Agency-Wide: Findings from Focus Groups in San Diego County, California

    2023 | Felix, C., Strochlic, R., Melendrez, B., Tang, H., Wright, S., & Gosliner, W. (2023). Perceptions and Experiences of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants Related to Receiving Food and Nutrition-Related Text Messages Sent Agency-Wide: Findings from Focus Groups in San Diego County, California. Nutrients, 15(12), 2684. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15122684
    We developed and sent a series of five monthly text messages promoting fruit and vegetable consumption to approximately 170,000 SNAP participants in San Diego County, California. The text messages included links to a dedicated...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Literature

  • Perceptions of snap and stocking standards: A qualitative study of California small food store owners and managers

    2021 | Meza, A., Tester, J. M., Yen, I. H., Laraia, B. A., Wolfson, J. A., & Leung, C. W. (2021). Perceptions of SNAP and Stocking Standards: A Qualitative Study of California Small Food Store Owners and Managers. Nutrients, 13(3), 752. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13030752
    The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is critical to alleviating food inse-curity, but low diet quality among program participants is a concern. Nutrition-related interventions have focused on SNAP-authorized food...
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  • Pick a Better Snack

    2021 | Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
    Pick a Better Snack is a direct education and social marketing intervention that aims to increase fruit and vegetable consumption and promote daily physical activity among children. The program is designed to influence children's...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Interventions

  • Pick it! Try it! Like it!

    2013 | South Dakota State University Extension
    Pick it! Try it! Like it! (PTL) is a direct education and social marketing intervention which aims to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables by providing consumer information on selecting and preparing fresh produce...

  • PowerUp Your School

    PowerUp Fitness, LLC
    PowerUp Your School (PowerUp) is an evidence-based physical activity program aligned with academic standards and social-emotional learning skills. As a direct education program, PowerUp helps youth meet national physical activity...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Interventions

  • Predictors of Farmers' Market Shopping among People Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits

    2018 | Freedman, D. A., Lee, E., Ohri?Vachaspati, P., Trapl, E., Borawski, E., Bess, K., & Flocke, S. (2018). Predictors of Farmers’ Market Shopping among People Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits. American Journal of Community Psychology, 61(3–4), 488–499. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12245
    Promoting use of farmers’ markets (FMs) is a promising community-level strategy to increase access to nutritious foods such as fruits and vegetables. Yet, FM shopping among people with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Literature

  • Process evaluation of a farm-to-preschool program in New York City

    2018 | Dannefer, R., Power, L., Berger, R., Sacks, R., Roberts, C., Bikoff, R., & Solomon, E. (2018). Process evaluation of a farm-to-preschool program in New York City. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 13(3), 396–414. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2017.1364192
    The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene piloted a farm-to-preschool program for low-income Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-eligible children and their families at 9 childcare centers in New York...
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  • Produce Prescriptions and Nutrition Education Improve Experiences and Perceptions of Farm Direct Settings in Adults With Low Income

    2022 | Slagel, N., Thompson, J. J., & Lee, J. S. (2022). Produce Prescriptions and Nutrition Education Improve Experiences and Perceptions of Farm Direct Settings in Adults With Low Income. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 54(11), 1011–1023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.08.010
    Objective: To examine Fruit and Vegetable Prescription (FVRx) Program participants’ and nonparticipants’ experiences and perceptions of farm direct (FD) settings. Design: Multiple-case study of adults with low income from 3 study...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Literature

  • Promoting congregant health in faith-based organizations across Los Angeles County, 2013-2016

    2019 | Robles, B., Wright, T. G., Caldwell, J., & Kuo, T. (2019). Promoting congregant health in faith-based organizations across Los Angeles County, 2013-2016. Preventive medicine reports, 16, 100963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100963
    The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) launched the Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention (NEOP) Project in fall 2013. As the local arm of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed), this...
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  • Psychometric Testing of a Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE)-Focused SNAP-Ed Evaluation Tool

    2019 | Zemeir, L. A., & Walker, N. (2019). Psychometric Testing of a Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE)-Focused SNAP-Ed Evaluation Tool. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 51(2), 231–236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.08.007
    Objectives: To validate the Healthy Youth Environment Survey, a pre-then-post survey completed by teachers to capture nutrition and physical activity-related changes in the classroom and school environment. Methods: Analysis included...
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