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Welcome to the SNAP-Ed Library, the place for locating SNAP-Ed tools, success stories, and resources! Enter a search term below or use the filters to the left to find what you’re looking for.
Feb 02, 2018
Developed to address low vegetable intake levels seen in statewide needs assessment data, the Fourth Grade Vegetable Core intervention includes four lessons with food-tastings, activities, and messaging focused on improving mediators of behavior change (attitude, self-efficacy, preference, and knowledge).
Objective: Provide a nuanced understanding of how Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) implementers decide what programming a school is ready to implement and the organizational factors that facilitate the initial implementation of programming in schools.
Larson N; Wang Q; Grannon K; Wei S; Nanney MS; Caspi C
OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the impact of a grab-and-go component embedded within a larger intervention designed to promote School Breakfast Program (SBP) participation. DESIGN: Secondary data analysis. SETTING: Rural Minnesota high schools.
Scherr RE; Linnell JD; Dharmar M; Beccarelli LM; Bergman JJ; Briggs M; Brian KM; Feenstra G; Hillhouse JC; Keen CL; Ontai LL; Schaefer SE; Smith MH; Spezzano T; Steinberg FM; Sutter C; Young HM; Zidenberg-Cherr S
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the Shaping Healthy Choices Program (SHCP). DESIGN: A clustered, randomized, controlled intervention lasting 1 school year. SETTING: Schools in northern and central California.
Jan 04, 2022
Children living in Pahrump, Nevada learn more about the importance of eating fresh fruits and vegetables by building their own school garden.
LeGros, T.A.; Jacobs, L.E.; Goodman, G.L.; Orzech, K.M.; Holmes, E.
Objective: To assess changes in written local wellness policies (LWPs) across time within Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed)–participating districts. Design: Sequential, explanatory mixed methods.
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 a Walking School Bus Program (WSB). This was done to keep students safe while walking to school. Many students walk through wide, uncontrolled crossings where there are no sidewalks on the road.
Apr 15, 2021
In the spring of 2020 when schools shut down, California State University (CSU) Chico, Center for Healthy Communities responded quickly by offering virtual, live physical activity on teacher online classroom platforms.
