Food Talk is an online nutrition education eLearning program which features 6 - 10-minute interactive lessons, cooking videos, and just-in-time learning videos.
Food eTalk includes a mobile-first interface, user-friendly navigation, Southern influence, and lesson topics focus on:
- Sodium reduction
- Increase in fruits/vegetables
- Food resource management principles
- Food safety
Just-in-time learning videos give people a chance to learn in context. The videos help people make nutrition-related decisions when they need to make them. After watching a video, people may read a food label to choose a healthy bread at the grocery store or plan meals for their family.
Program Success
This is an innovative SNAP-Ed nutrition education program and is a groundbreaking education method for adults who are eligible for SNAP-Ed. Participants have shared they like the features of
‘anytime, anyplace’
and
‘I can just quick log on when I have a minute here and a minute there’
This mode of nutrition education offers contextual learning opportunities, such as point-of-decision making in a supermarket, and allows participants to learn at their own ‘teachable’ moment.
Type of Program
Direct education eLearning online nutrition education
Years of Implementation
2016-present
Target Audience
Georgian adults in all Georgian counties who are eligible to receive SNAP
Program Evaluation
Food eTalk was based on interview needs assessments and extensive mixed-methods formative evaluation. The formative evaluation include
- Focus groups
- Interviews
- Self-reported baseline internet habits
- Internet self-efficacy
- User-tracking data using a learning management system
The program evaluation will be expanding in FY 2018 to outcome evaluation using pre-post surveys.
This post was submitted by the University of Georgia, an implementing agency of SNAP-Ed. For more information, please contact Edda Cotto-Rivera or 706-542-7171. All logos are used with permission.