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  • A Walking School Bus? Why Not!!

    2021 | California
    Madera County Department of Public Health is a grantee for the Cal Fresh Healthy Living Program, a SNAP-Ed Implementing Agency.  During the 2019-2020 school year, they worked with George Washington Elementary School to pilot...
    Walking School Bus

  • Adding a Social Marketing Campaign to a School-Based Nutrition Education Program Improves Children's Dietary Intake: A Quasi-Experimental Study

    2016 | Blitstein, J. L., Cates, S. C., Hersey, J., Montgomery, D., Shelley, M., Hradek, C., Kosa, K., Bell, L., Long, V., Williams, P. A., Olson, S., & Singh, A. (2016). Adding a Social Marketing Campaign to a School-Based Nutrition Education Program Improves Children’s Dietary Intake: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 116(8), 1285–1294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2015.12.016
    Background Evidence supports the use of social marketing campaigns to improve nutrition knowledge and reinforce the effects of nutrition education programs. However, the additional effects of parent-focused social marketing with...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Literature

  • Adapting an Elementary School Nutrition Context Assessment for High School Settings and Students

    2019 | John, D. H., Halverson, B., & Ho, T. H. (2019). Adapting an Elementary School Nutrition Context Assessment for High School Settings and Students. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 7(3), 13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54718/GYIF2485
    The school nutrition context is comprised of supportive environmental features, programs, policies, and social relationships that shape students’ healthy dietary choices and patterns.   When engaging students as change agents...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Literature

  • Adapting Garden Leadership Trainings to a Virtual Setting

    2022 | North Carolina
    Sustainability Training Success StoryCommunity Gardens serve as a tool to improve food insecurity and provide nutrition education. They also strengthen community relationships! These communal spaces have been especially important...
    screen capture of online training with 9 participants on a zoom call

  • Adults' Reaction to Public Health Messaging: Recall, Media Type, and Behavior Change Motivation

    2022 | Keller, K. J. M., Mehrle Elliott, D., & Britt-Rankin, J. (2022). Adults’ Reaction to Public Health Messaging: Recall, Media Type, and Behavior Change Motivation. Journal of Prevention, 43(1), 125–141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-021-00661-0
    This paper focuses on effective messaging practices identified in data collected after 10 years of implementing a gain-framed messaging campaign encouraging healthier behaviors in middle-aged and older adults. In Study 1, we measured...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Literature

  • African American Perceptions of Service Provided by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education: A Qualitative Exploration

    2023 | Greene, M., Holston, D., Freightman, J., & Briley, C. (2023). African American Perceptions of Service Provided by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education: A Qualitative Exploration. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 55(2), 125–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.10.004
    Objective: To assess African Americans’ satisfaction with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) in Louisiana. Methods: African American facilitators conducted 5 focus group discussions with 25 African American...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Literature

  • Alliance for a Healthier Generation

    2021 | Alliance for a Healthier Generation
    The Alliance for a Healthier Generation (Healthier Generation) supports school and district leaders in creating and sustaining healthy schools where students - especially those from underserved communities - can thrive. Healthier...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Interventions

  • An Assessment of Perceived Barriers to Farmers' Market Access

    2019 | Ritter, G., Walkinshaw, L. P., Quinn, E. L., Ickes, S., & Johnson, D. B. (2019). An Assessment of Perceived Barriers to Farmers' Market Access. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 51(1), 48–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.07.020
    Objective: To explore whether Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program–Education (SNAP-Ed) stakeholders (individuals involved in work to increase access to farmers’ markets [FMs] for low-income populations) perceive the same barriers...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Literature