TY - JOUR
T1 - A Content Analysis of Nutrition Education Curricula Used With Low-Income Audiences
T2 - Implications for Questionnaire Development
AU - Hernández-Garbanzo, Yenory
AU - Griffin, Sarah
AU - Cason, Katherine L.
AU - Loberger, Ginger
AU - Williams, Joel
AU - Baker, Susan
AU - Coffee, Aubrey
AU - Linton, Brittney
AU - Hall, Trisha
AU - Hayden, Victoria
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was a collaborative effort between researchers at Clemson University and Colorado State University. The authors want to thank all the EFNEP State Coordinators and/or staff who responded to the web-based survey that informed the research team about curricula used at their states with third, fourth, and fifth graders. In addition, special thanks to the nutrition undergraduate students from the Creative Inquiry FDSC 450 Section 03 from the Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences at Clemson University, who were part of the data collection team: Ginger Thomas, Trisha Hall, Victoria Hayden, Amelia Gannon, Melissa Ikerd, Hannah Clarck, Kathryn Lybran, Carli Onksen and Laura Johnson. This was a curricula content analysis and human subjects were not used, therefore human subjects approval was not sought. This study was supported by the Clemson University Creative Inquiry Initiative, and by the MICIT/CONICIT Government of Costa Rica.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - In developing recommendations for core measures/items for the evaluation of the Youth Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), three nutrition education curricula, implemented by land grant universities, were content analyzed. Selection criteria included the following: Curriculum content must include all EFNEP core content areas and must be implemented in more than one state with school children in third through fifth grades. Content analysis strategies were employed to identify and describe common areas/themes and mediators of behaviors addressed across the selected curricula. Content analysis coding was based on a list of behavioral mediators, which have empirical associations with nutrition, physical activity, and food safety. The most evident approaches identified across the three curricula were to enhance motivation, teach cognitive knowledge, and practice behavioral skills. The presence of self-regulation and environmental theory-based strategies was limited in all three curricula. In addition, multiple themes for nutrition, physical activity, and food safety were commonly addressed across curricula with multiple educational strategies. Based on these findings, recommendations for developing content appropriate measures and items for an outcome evaluation tool for Youth EFNEP are provided.
AB - In developing recommendations for core measures/items for the evaluation of the Youth Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), three nutrition education curricula, implemented by land grant universities, were content analyzed. Selection criteria included the following: Curriculum content must include all EFNEP core content areas and must be implemented in more than one state with school children in third through fifth grades. Content analysis strategies were employed to identify and describe common areas/themes and mediators of behaviors addressed across the selected curricula. Content analysis coding was based on a list of behavioral mediators, which have empirical associations with nutrition, physical activity, and food safety. The most evident approaches identified across the three curricula were to enhance motivation, teach cognitive knowledge, and practice behavioral skills. The presence of self-regulation and environmental theory-based strategies was limited in all three curricula. In addition, multiple themes for nutrition, physical activity, and food safety were commonly addressed across curricula with multiple educational strategies. Based on these findings, recommendations for developing content appropriate measures and items for an outcome evaluation tool for Youth EFNEP are provided.
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U2 - 10.1177/1524839912461355
DO - 10.1177/1524839912461355
M3 - Article
C2 - 23159995
AN - SCOPUS:84878799297
SN - 1524-8399
VL - 14
SP - 534
EP - 542
JO - Health promotion practice
JF - Health promotion practice
IS - 4
ER -
