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  • Effectiveness of the Children's Healthy Living (CHL) Multilevel Multicomponent Community Intervention Program in 5 US affiliated Pacific Jurisdictions

    2017 | Novotny, R., Wilkens, L. R., Nigg, C. R., Braun, K., Butel, J., Areta, A., Coleman, P., Belyeu?Camacho, T., Greenberg, J., Bersamin, A., Guerrero, R. L., Barber, L. R., Fialkowski, M. K., & De La Cruz?Talbert, E. (2017). Effectiveness of the Children’s Healthy Living (CHL) Multilevel Multicomponent Community Intervention Program in 5 US affiliated Pacific Jurisdictions. The FASEB Journal, 31(S1). https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.640.37
    The Children's Healthy Living (CHL) program, a collaboration among Pacific Land Grant Colleges, was developed and implemented with 27 communities across the US affiliated Pacific region in a 24 month community randomized intervention...
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  • Effect of the Shaping Healthy Choices Program, a Multicomponent, School-Based Nutrition Intervention, on Physical Activity Intensity.

    2018 | Fetter, D. S., Scherr, R. E., Linnell, J. D., Dharmar, M., Schaefer, S. E., & Zidenberg-Cherr, S. (2018). Effect of the Shaping Healthy Choices Program, a Multicomponent, School-Based Nutrition Intervention, on Physical Activity Intensity. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 37(6), 472–478. https://doi.org/10.1080/07315724.2018.1436477
    OBJECTIVE: Physical activity has been shown to have a wide range of beneficial health effects, yet few youth meet the United States physical activity recommendation of 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)...
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  • Estimating intervention dose of the multilevel multisite children's healthy living program intervention

    2020 | Butel, J., Braun, K. L., Nigg, C. R., Leon Guerrero, R., Fleming, T., Bersamin, A., Coleman, P., & Novotny, R. (2020). Estimating intervention dose of the multilevel multisite children’s healthy living program intervention. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 10(4), 989–997. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz073
    Increased community collective efficacy (CE), defined as social cohesion among neighbors and their willingness to intervene for common good, is associated with improved community health outcomes. However, processes to increase CE and...
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  • Evaluating a school-based fruit and vegetable co-op in low-income children: A quasi-experimental study.

    2016 | Sharma, S. V., Markham, C., Chow, J., Ranjit, N., Pomeroy, M., & Raber, M. (2016). Evaluating a school-based fruit and vegetable co-op in low-income children: A quasi-experimental study. Preventive Medicine, 91, 8–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.07.022
    The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a new school-based food co-op program, Brighter Bites (BB), to increase fruit and vegetable intake, and home nutrition environment among low-income 1st graders and their...
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  • Evaluating nutrition education programming by using a dietary screener

    2016 | Schultz, J., & Litchfield, R. (2016). Evaluating Nutrition Education Programming by Using a Dietary Screener. The Journal of Extension, 54(5), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.54.05.24
    Short dietary assessment instruments known as screeners have potential for use in evaluating nutrition education programming because detecting change in dietary intake can demonstrate movement toward program goals. Using screeners...
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  • Evaluation of a Policy, Systems, and Environmental-Focused Faith-Based Health Promotion Program

    2020 | Hardison-Moody, A., Fuller, S., Jones, L., Franck, K., Rodibaugh, R., Washburn, L., Corrick, L., Shelnutt, K. P., Stumm, L., & Ammerman, A. S. (2020). Evaluation of a Policy, Systems, and Environmental-Focused Faith-Based Health Promotion Program. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 52(6), 640–645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2019.11.011
    Objective: This study assessed the impact and lessons learned from implementing policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes through Faithful Families Thriving Communities (Faithful Families), a faith-based health promotion...
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  • Evaluation of a social marketing approach to healthy, home-cooked family meals for low-income mothers of young children

    2020 | Tietyen Mullins, J., Walters, J., Najor, J., Mikuška, J., Courtney, A., & Norman-Burgdolf, H. (2020). Evaluation of a social marketing approach to healthy, home-cooked family meals for low-income mothers of young children. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 10(6), 1312–1321. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaa037
    Cooking is a complex behavior associated with more frequent and nutrient-dense family meals. The Cook Together, Eat Together (CTET) social marketing program used formative, process, and outcome evaluations over a 3-year period to...
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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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  • Evaluation of the Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness 3rd- to 6th-Grade Curriculum: Changes in Obesity-Related Behaviors

    2021 | Wolfe, W. S., & Dollahite, J. (2021). Evaluation of the Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness 3rd? to 6th?Grade Curriculum: Changes in Obesity?Related Behaviors. Journal of School Health, 91(1), 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12970
    BACKGROUND: Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) is aimed at 3rd to 6th graders, and uses experiential learning, food preparation, active games, goal setting, and a family newsletter to target behaviors shown to decrease...
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  • Evaluation of the Farmers' Markets for Kids program

    2016 | Dannefer, R., Bryan, E., Osborne, A., & Sacks, R. (2016). Evaluation of the Farmers’ Markets for Kids programme. Public Health Nutrition, 19(18), 3397–3405. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016001725
    Objective To assess the impact of Farmers' Markets for Kids, a farmers' market-based, child-oriented nutrition education program, on attitudes and behaviors related to preparing and consuming produce among child participants and their...
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