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  • 2023 CalFresh Healthy Living Forum Success Stories Video

    2023 | California
    The California’s CalFresh Healthy Living success story videos showcase SNAP-Ed participants sharing their experiences with SNAP-Ed programming. The 2023 CalFresh Healthy Living Forum Success Stories Video features:1. The...
    Screenshot from 2023 CalFresh Success Story video - The Copley-Price YMCA’s Kinship Family Garden Project

  • 30th Anniversary of SNAP-Ed

    2022 | USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
    SNAP-Ed is celebrating 30 years since the launch of the program in 1992, when seven states first conducted nutrition education using federal funds. Today, the program reaches individuals, groups, and organizations in all 50 states...
    USDA Logo & Celebrating 30 years of SNAP-Ed

  • A Social Marketing Approach to 1% Milk Use: Resonance Is the Key

    2018 | Finnell, K. J., & John, R. (2018). A Social Marketing Approach to 1% Milk Use: Resonance Is the Key. Health Promotion Practice, 19(3), 437–444. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839917699594
    The U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend low-fat milk consumption, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) programs follow these guidelines to develop health education programs for SNAP recipients. This study...
    Snap-Ed SNAP-Ed Literature

  • 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

  • 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

  • At the Stop to Good Health.

    2017 | New York
    Parents and caregivers were encouraged to model healthy behaviors by the messages on bus kongs (side of bus, also known as "bus wraps") bus shelters transit station dioramas The media was installed in the...
    at the stop to good health

  • Be a Health Hero- Eat, Drink, Move Social Marketing Campaign

    2017 | HealthMPowers
    The Be a Health Hero – Eat, Drink, Move multi-channel social marketing campaign uses clear and consistent messaging targeting healthy nutrition and physical activity behavior change through text messages, school and community posters...
    Eat three vegetables + two fruits Every Day! Be a Healthy HERO with an image of a woman wearing a cape and holding a bag of fruits and vegetables

  • CDCynergy Social Marketing Edition

    2016 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Welcome to this “lighter” version of the Social Marketing Edition of CDCynergy. This tool is intended for those who have previous social marketing experience and, in particular, those who are familiar with the full edition. This...
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