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  • Evaluation of an extension-delivered resource for accelerating progress in childhood obesity prevention: The BEPA-toolkit

    2017 | Gunter, K. B., Nader, P. A., Armington, A., Hicks, J. C., & John, D. (2017). Evaluation of an Extension-Delivered Resource for Accelerating Progress in Childhood Obesity Prevention: The BEPA-Toolkit. The Journal of Extension, 55(2), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.55.02.23
    The Balanced Energy Physical Activity Toolkit, or the BEPA-Toolkit, supports physical activity (PA) programming via Extension in elementary schools. In a pilot study, we evaluated the effectiveness of the BEPA-Toolkit as used by...
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  • Evaluating the Benefits of a SNAP-Ed-Funded Community Garden Intervention Using Ripple Effect Mapping

    2022 | Sadeghzadeh, C., Sheppard, B., De Groot, J., & De Marco, M. (2022). Evaluating the Benefits of a SNAP-Ed-Funded Community Garden Intervention Using Ripple Effect Mapping. Health Education & Behavior, 49(1), 141–149. https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981211058075
    In North Carolina, rural communities experience high rates of chronic illness due to health inequities exacerbated by the decline of major industries. Community gardens increase access to fresh produce and opportunities for physical...
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  • Examining Barriers and Facilitators to Delivering SNAP-Ed Direct Nutrition Education in Rural Communities

    2019 | Haynes-Maslow, L., Osborne, I., & Pitts, S. J. (2019). Examining Barriers and Facilitators to Delivering SNAP-Ed Direct Nutrition Education in Rural Communities. American Journal of Health Promotion, 33(5), 736–744. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117118821845
    Purpose: To better understand the barriers to implementing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) direct education programming in rural communities, as well as strategies to overcome these barriers. This...
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  • Expansion of Grocery Delivery and Access for Washington SNAP Participants During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    2022 | Beese, S., Amram, O., Corylus, A., Graves, J. M., Postma, J., & Monsivais, P. (2022). Expansion of Grocery Delivery and Access for Washington SNAP Participants During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preventing Chronic Disease, 19, 210412. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd19.210412
    The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in an unprecedented food security crisis that will have long-term health effects (1). As society shut down to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the interruptions tested the limits of our current food supply...
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  • Exploring the association of urban or rural county status and environmental, nutrition- and lifestyle-related resources with the efficacy of SNAP-Ed (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education) to improve food security

    2018 | Rivera, R. L., Dunne, J., Maulding, M. K., Wang, Q., Savaiano, D. A., Nickols-Richardson, S. M., & Eicher-Miller, H. A. (2018). Exploring the association of urban or rural county status and environmental, nutrition- and lifestyle-related resources with the efficacy of SNAP-Ed (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education) to improve food security. Public Health Nutrition, 21(5), 957–966. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980017003391
    Objective To investigate the association of policy, systems and environmental factors with improvement in household food security among low-income Indiana households with children after a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
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  • Exploring the Feasibility of Partnerships between Public Libraries and the SNAP-Ed Program

    2022 | Draper, C. L. (2022). Exploring the Feasibility of Partnerships between Public Libraries and the SNAP-Ed Program. Public Library Quarterly, 41(5), 439–455. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2021.1906615
    This study assessed the feasibility of partnerships between public libraries and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) for delivery of direct nutrition education and adoption of nutrition and physical...
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  • Faithful Families Thriving Communities

    2016 | North Carolina Division of Public Health and NC State Extension
    Faithful Families Thriving Communities (Faithful Families) is a direct education and PSE change intervention that builds on the connection between health and faith at multiple levels of...
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  • Faithful Families, Thriving Communities: Bridging Faith and Health Through a State-Level Partnership.

    2019 | Hardison-Moody, A., & Yao, J. (2019). Faithful Families, Thriving Communities: Bridging Faith and Health Through a State-Level Partnership. American Journal of Public Health, 109(3), 363–368. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304869
    Faith communities are increasingly being recognized as important leaders in community health work, both in the United States and globally. However, faith communities are also often working at or beyond capacity in terms of meeting the...
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  • Farm to Early Care and Education

    2018 | National Farm to School Network; USDA Community Food Systems Division (CFSD), Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program
    Farm to Early Care and Education (farm to ECE) is a PSE change intervention designed to increase access to healthy, local foods in ECE settings through local food purchasing and gardening; increase the quality of the ECE setting...
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  • Farm to School

    USDA Community Food Systems Division (CFSD), Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program
    Farm to school is a Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) change and direct education intervention designed to improve access to local foods in pre-k to 12th grade school settings and provides education opportunities that encourage...
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