SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: NC2169 : EFNEP Related Research, Program Evaluation and Outreach
- Period Covered: 10/01/2016 to 09/30/2017
- Date of Report: 12/01/2017
- Annual Meeting Dates: 10/26/2017 to 10/28/2017
Participants
Mary Kay Wardlaw, University of Wyoming Susan Baker, Colorado State University Annie Roe, University of Idaho Sandy Proctor, Kansas State University Andrea Leschewski, South Dakota State University Beth Olson, University of Wisconsin - Madison Janet Mullins, University of Kentucky Jennifer Park-Mroch, University of Wisconsin - Madison Carrie Durward, Utah State University Patricia Gunther, Utah State University Kate Yerxa, University of Maine Pablo Monsivais, Washington State University Catalina Aragon, Washington State University Garry Auld, Colorado State University Dave Weatherspoon, Michigan State University Nicole Owens, University of Florida Debra Palmer-Keenan, Rutgers University Cheng Li, Rutgers University Helen Chipman, USDA Karen Barale, Washington State University Karen Franck, University of Tennessee Michael Puglisi, University of Connecticut
2017 NC2169 Annual Meeting Large Group Minutes
October 26-28, 2017 Spokane, Washington
Thursday, October 26
Attending:
In person: Mary Kay Wardlaw, Susan Baker, Annie Roe, Sandy Proctor, Andrea Leschewski, Beth Olson, Janet Mullins, Jennifer Park-Mroch, Carrie Durward, Patricia Gunther, Kate Yerxa, Pablo Monsivais, Catalina Aragon, Garry Auld, Dave Weatherspoon, Nicole Owens, Debra Palmer-Keenan, Cheng Li, Helen Chipman, and Karen Barale
Attending via Zoom: Karen Franck and Michael Puglisi
- Welcome and Introductions
- Words from Administrative Advisor Dr. Deb Hamernik
- This is the last official meeting of NC2169. The NC2169 project will terminate on September 30, 2018.
- Thanks to Mark Kay Wardlaw, Susan Baker, Sandy Proctor and Garry Auld for leading the effort to write a new, five-year plan for NC2169.
- Some of this information (e.g., objectives) have already been submitted in NIMSS. A request for new members to join the new project has also been distributed to all land-grant universities in the US.
- If you want to be a member of the new, five-year project, you must submit a new Appendix E through the office of your Ag Experiment Station (AES) Director. Even if you are a member of NC2169—you must submit a new Appendix E for the new, five-year project. Please do this asap so that there are lots of members when the new, five-year project is reviewed in 2018.
- The remaining sections of the new, five-year plan should be submitted by the end of 2017.
- AES Directors in the North Central region will review the new, five-year plan at their Spring meeting (usually the first week in April). You should know by the end of April, 2018 if the new project has been accepted or if revisions are needed. If revisions are requested, those will be due by the end of May/early June so that AES Directors can review the revised project at the Mini-Land-Grant meeting in July.
- Words from Federal Partner National Program Leader, Dr. Helen Chipman
- Reviewed the history of EFNEP multi-state group.
- Evaluation: needs to change with changes in programs
- Youth evaluation – 3rd through 5th grade update should be completed soon
- New EFNEP policies: Volunteer policies, Technology policy, Supervisory direction
- Call to Conversation: NIFA is considering EFNEP a priority area for 2018. As a result of the Call to Conversation will inform program direction and maintain program outcomes in the future.
- EFNEP’s 50th Anniversary
- RNECE work – importance of program implementation research
- Recent article in the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences – Family and Consumer Sciences Focus on the Human Dimension: The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Example
- Jan Scholl – jfs@psu.edu has created a database of EFNEP related research: http://openpublishing.psu.edu/efnep/
- If you have something to submit, please send it directly to Jan.
- Food & Physical Activity Questionnaire Updates (validity testing and publications)
- Nutrition – Susan Baker and Garry Auld
- Methods paper published in JNEB
- Food Safety – Karen Frank
- Food Security – Catalina Aragon
- Food Security question validation process complete
- Paper in process
- Physical Activity – Deb Palmer-Keenan & Cheng Li
- Test-retest reliability of PA questions complete
- 75 participants
- Criterion Validity – Piloted in CT this summer
- Recruiting subjects now
- 7-day study period
- Uses an accelerometer – measures 3-dimentional activity and can determine, moderate or vigorous PA
- Goal is to recruit 100 participants
- Next step: sensitivity to change
- Food Resource Management – Karen Barale
- Individual interviews over the telephone after EFNEP graduation
- Protocol and interview questions drafted – awaiting IRB approval
- Sensitivity Testing – Nicole Owens
- Asking states to administer the 32-question survey for this step
- The easiest way for data to be collected is through a Data Use Agreement with CSU
- Timeline: Still recruiting states to participate in the sensitivity testing (but must be with English-speaking participants)
- WebNEERS question bank: Will now be the 12 questions from the 32 question Food and Physical Activity Questionnaire that are not used on the 20 question Food and Physical Activity Questionnaire.
- Diet Recall Focus Groups: Draft of the manuscript complete: A Multi-State, Qualitative Study of the Group 24-Hour Recall Diet Assessment and will be submitted to JNEB.
- HEI Analysis on WebNEERS – Garry Auld
- Dietary Recall Actions: Survey of coordinators regarding collection and entry into WebNEERS published in JNEB; manuscript about recall collection almost ready for submission
- Next step is to look at HEI data – assessing mean HEI change sub score (2013 to 2014)
- Average 5.5-point change from pre to post (total), a meaningful change
- Also assessed change based on age, education, gender, and race
- Infant Feeding Practices – Beth Olson
- Developed items to assess current content taught in EFNEP
- Conducted cognitive testing
- Now starting the test-retest phase – recruiting at WIC and then conducting the test-retest on the phone. Having women completed the CDC infant feeding practices study survey and comparing to developed questions
- ASA 24 – Carrie Durward
- Training Manual Pilot
- 58 EFNEP paras in 17 states were invited to an online training
- 29 completed the training, and 27 completed the online survey about the training
- Positive feedback about the training manual, effective at preparing EFNEP educator with some college education
- Manual under expert review at Purdue
- ASA24 Pilot Field Test
- 2-between by 2-within design
- 3 states (TN, ME, CO)
- 4 paras and 10 participants per state
- Grocery Purchase Quality Index-2016 – A Tool for Assessing Household Food Purchases – Patricia Guenther
- Work was funded by RNECE signature research grant
- Phil Brewster’s MS thesis; Carrie Durward contributed
- Paper describing the index has been published in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
- Second paper on validation by comparing to HEI-2015 using FoodAPS data will be submitted soon.
- May be useful for long-term evaluation of EFNEP and SNAP-Ed
- Data Use Agreement has been signed by grocery partner and University of Utah
Friday, October 27
Attending: Mary Kay Wardlaw, Susan Baker, Annie Roe, Sandy Proctor, Andrea Leschewski, Beth Olson, Janet Mullins, Jennifer Park-Mroch, Carrie Durward, Patricia Gunther, Kate Yerxa, Catalina Aragon, Garry Auld, Dave Weatherspoon, Nicole Owens, Debra Palmer-Keenan, Cheng Li, Helen Chipman, and Karen Barale
- Quality of Life (QoL) - Garry Auld and Sandy Procter
- Reviewed work and publications so fat (review PowerPoint)
- Next Steps: Draft EFNEP tailored QoL questionnaire
- Implications of improved QoL for EFNEP participants: increased self-efficacy, social belonging
- Biometric Data Collection – Garry Auld
- Longitudinal Biometric Pilot – BP, SBP, DBP, HbA1c
- CO (70) and WA (55) at pre and 54 and 41 at 6 month follow up
- Cost Benefit/Effectiveness – Dave Weatherspoon and Carrie Durward
- Working on a preliminary budget - $6 million project to connect education outcomes to long-term economic benefits
- This would be the first biometric cost effectiveness study of EFNEP
- Objective: To determine the long-term health care savings as a result of participating in EFNEP
- Randomized control group control trial
- Need 10 states, 5000 participants, ½ intervention and ½ comparison group
- Self-reported data (FPAQ and ASA24)
- Biometric data – BP and HgA1c
- Next steps: find funding, update project proposal and logic model, seek states willing to participate
- Robert Wood Johnson a potential funding source
- Consider using EFNEP Tier Data as a starting point to identify sates who could participate
- Consider holding a planning conference
- NC3169 Proposal – Mary Kay Wardlaw and Sandy Procter
- NC3169 – 2018 to 2023
- Objectives have been submitted
- Group worked on editing work plan
- 2018 Meetings
- Virtual Meeting: March 2, 2018
- Knoxville, Tennessee - October 18-20, 2018
- New Leadership
- NC2169: Co-chairs: Susan Baker and Janet Mullins
- DAB: Chair: Karen Fanck, Secretary: Jennifer Park-Mroch
- QoL: Co-chairs: Sandy Proctor and Garry Auld, Secretary: Kate Yerxa
- Cost Effectiveness: Chair: To be determined, Secretary: Carrie Durward
- Authorship Guidelines –Karen Barale
- Suggested updates about authorship section from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html
- Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
- Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
- Final approval of the version to be published; AND
- Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
- Suggestions: Omit sentence before new 4 requirements. Approve all versions throughout submission, resubmissions, and publication process. Discussion of the guidelines resulted in document revisions.
- Attached to email – please review.
- We will review again as these guidelines are adapted for NC3169
- NC2169 Procedures to end project
- NIMSS End of Year – due December 28, 2017 – Mary Kay will complete
- Accomplishments: Send to Mary Kay by December 8, 2017
- Accomplishments include: peer reviewed journals, abstracts/posters/presentations, book chapters, curricula, extension publications, popular press, webinars
- Annual Meeting minutes – Kate will send to Mary Kay
- Accomplishments: Send to Mary Kay by December 8, 2017
- NIMMS Termination Report – Due 60 days after our next annual meeting in 2018 (will double check date)
- Accomplishment summary and meeting minutes
- REEPORT (formally CRIS)
- Institution-specific deadlines and requirements
- Should be complete based upon your individual work
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Attending: Mary Kay Wardlaw, Susan Baker, Annie Roe, Sandy Proctor, Andrea Leschewski, Beth Olson, Janet Mullins, Jennifer Park-Mroch, Carrie Durward, Patricia Gunther, Catalina Aragon, Garry Auld, Dave Weatherspoon, Nicole Owens, Debra Palmer-Keenan, Cheng Li, Helen Chipman, and Karen Barale
- Impact Statements
DAB reviewed previous impact statements and accomplishments. The following ideas were generated to describe our major impacts:
- FPAQ – tools, protocols, training – better evaluation for EFNEP
- Teaching others about importance of evaluation
- Methodology for developing valid and reliable instruments – other people will create better instruments
We will include ASA 24 in our termination report and future accomplishments/impacts.
DAB Impact Statement:
EFNEP nutrition education assessment will improve due to accurate (or valid?) and reliable measures of diet and physical activity related behavior change. This will result from the use of the research-tested FPAQ tool, protocols and training developed by NC2169 and implemented nationally October, 2017 in EFNEP to replace the previous behavior checklist.
Nutrition and other health professionals will develop stronger program assessment tools based on the methodology developed by NC2169 and published internationally in the peer-reviewed JNEB.
Extension and other nutrition educators will collect data for program evaluation with better fidelity resulting in valid, higher quality data. Use of the data collected from the NC2169-developed FPAQ can be used by program administrators to improve program implementation and inform stakeholders/ funders about program outcomes and impacts.
QoL Impact Statement:
An NC2169 developed tool to quantify EFNEP participants’ quality of life outcomes (such as community connectedness) have the potential to predict sustained behavior change allowing for the differentiation of the impact of program delivery and dose, and informing future programming.
- Please review the two impact statements and send edits to Mary Kay and Susan. Also keep them handy to use in your REEport.
The QoL group worked carefully to document their intentional focus on DAB work, delaying QoL work.
Cost-effectiveness group is working as a distinct effort and more calls will be scheduled soon. Please let Sandy and Susan know if interested. Catalina, Karen Franck, Nicole, and Jennifer Park-Mroch are interested in joining.
- Reminder: Helen mentioned need for us to let them know if no RFA exists to support the kind of work we want to do. NIFA funding mechanisms don’t seem to fit. Susan suggests communicating with NIFA from our group with list of membership.
- Carrie from DAB, and Sandy from QoL, will draft a message and send to Susan and Janet it could be edited and sent forward. At next call for each group people can review and Susan and Janet will edit and send forward. As a solution, we suggest adding this program area to conference support, and other land-grant system solutions.
Reminders:
- Review minutes and send edits to Mary Kay
- complete participant info in NIMSS for NC3169
- proposal call is tentatively scheduled for Nov 13 with input going to Mary Kay
Thanks to all for a productive annual meeting!
DAB Timeline and Next Proposal Ideas
October 28, 2017
Current Projects:
- FPAQ Sensitivity Testing: Nicole Owens, Susan Baker, Garry Auld, Deb Palmer Keenen
- Infant Feeding BCL: Beth Olson, Lexi MacMillan Uribe
- 24 Hr Recall: Serena Fuller
- HEI: Susan Gills, Susan Baker, Garry Auld
- Physical Activity Questions Validity Testing: Cheng Li, Deb Palmer Keenen, Garry Auld
- Food safety Questions Validity: Karen Franck
- FRM Questions Validity Testing: Karen Barale
- ASA24: Carrie Durward, Patricia Guenther
- EFNEP Publication Database: Jan Scholl
Timeframe |
Project Task |
Who |
Fall 2017 (Nov/Dec) |
· Accomplishments list to Mary Kay · Training paraprofessionals for ASA24 field tests · Finalize Paraprofessional Training Manual ASA24 · 24-hour recall paper submission · FRM IRB submission · PA Question validity data collection · Sensitivity testing · PA Cognitive interview research brief submission · Infant feeding question validity testing · Food safety site/participant recruitment |
All Carrie
Serena Karen B Cheng, Deb Nicole Cheng, Deb, Garry Lexi Karen F |
Winter 2018 (Jan-March) |
· Food Safety validity complete; analysis starts · ASA24 field testing · HEI analysis complete · PA Question validity data collection · Sensitivity testing · Infant feeding question validity testing |
Karen F Carrie Susan G, Susan B, Garry Cheng, Deb Nicole Lexi |
Spring 2018 (April-June) |
· FRM question validity complete · PA question validity complete · Infant feeding question validity analysis · ASA24 field test analysis · HEI paper submission · Analyze Sensitivity data, manuscript submission |
Karen B Cheng, Deb Lexi Carrie Susan G, Susan B, Garry Nicole |
Summer 2018 (July-Sept) |
· PA data analysis, manuscript submission · Termination report started · Submit any published paper to the EFNEP Database |
Cheng, Deb All All |
DAB Conference Call Schedule: currently: Third Thursday of month at 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern TBD
Accomplishments
Publications
Peer-reviewed journals
Murray paper – JNEB
FCS Journal – Scholl editor, Helen author
Murray paper - ?2016
Abstracts/Posters/Presentations
SNEB presentation: big one + EFNEP overview
SNEB poster – Cheng
EB presentation – Cheng
EFNEP Coordinators Presentation
SNEB poster – biometrics, Ben
SNEB Poster – ASA 24 Spraunce
Book Chapters
Curricula/educational materials
FPAQ Facilitation Protocol
FPAQ Facilitation Protocol (Spanish)
Extension Publications
FPAQ
FPAQ (Spanish)
Popular Press
Webinars/videos
National EFNEP Coordinators Training Webinars for Questionnaire Implementation
NIFA Webinar on Evaluation – Karen F and Garry A presenting
Student Theses and/or Dissertations
Ben’s thesis
Erin’s dissertation
Funding
Rutgers Pre-dissertation award
Hatch Funds – Beth
U Wyo funds
Rutgers Teaching Assistant and Graduate Assistant Professional Development Fund Award
Awards
Graduate Students
Cheng Li, Rutgers
Abiodun, Utah
Susan Gills, CO
Ben Gowen, CO
Lexi MacMillan Uribe, WI
Erin Murray, CO
Lauren Rhodes, CO
Natalia Infante, CO
QoL Minutes
NC2169 2017 Annual Meeting
October 27, 2017
Attending: Garry Auld, Annie Row, Sandie Proctor and Kate Yerxa
Because of the accelerated timeline for the DAB work, the QoL membership intentionally shifted their efforts to support the work to complete the EFNEP Food and Physical Activity Questionnaire. Planned work was not able to be completing.
Accomplishments:
- We confirmed that EFNEP positively impacted the QoL of participants and paraprofessionals.
- Identified QoL domains that most consistently impacted:
- Educators: physical and psychological being, and physical and social belonging, practical and growth becoming;
- Participants it is also physical and psychological and spiritual being, social belonging, practical and growth becoming).
- We will not pursue spiritual being and leisure becoming for participants, given EFNEP’s focus. To make the 2 groups line up, we will also not pursue physical belonging for educators.
- Continue content validity for QoL tool.
- Potential Impact:
- New evaluation method for EFNEP and similar programs to evaluate QoL.
- Will allow for a quantitative measure of qualitative outcomes.
- Has the potential to be a predictor variable regarding sustained behavior change.
- Allows for the differentiation of the impact of program delivery and dose, and inform future programming.
An NC2169 developed tool to quantify EFNEP participants’ quality of life outcomes (such as community connectedness) have the potential to predict sustained behavior change allowing for the differentiation of the impact of program delivery and dose, and informing future programming.
Timeline:
Spring 2018: Draft the QoL tool.
Summer: Cognitive interviews of QoL tool.
Starting point for QoL (from U Toronto items)
Physical Being
My appearance – how I look
My exercising and being fit
My hygiene – caring for myself
My nutrition and the food I eat
Psychological Being
Accepting the way I am
Being free from worry and stress
How I feel about myself
My mental health
The mood I am usually in
Thinking and acting independently
Social Belonging
Being close to people in my family
Having a spouse or special person
Having friends
Speaking with acquaintances
Socializing within small groups
Thinking of myself as part of a larger social group
Community Belonging
Going to places in my community (stores, restaurants, etc.)
Attending special events in my community (movies, fairs, etc.)
Having access to education
Having access to meaningful work activities
Having access to professional services (medical, social, etc.)
Having my own money to spend
Practical Becoming
Doing work around my home
Helping other people do things
Going places (errands, appointments, etc.)
Looking after myself
Looking after other people and pets
Working at a job or attending school
Growth Becoming
Coping with changes in my life
Improving my physical skills
Learning about new things
Resolving conflicts with others
Solving my own problems
Trying out new things
Accomplishments
Abstracts/Posters/Professional Presentations
Chipman, H., Procter, S., Baker, S., McCaffrey, J. The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP): A Model for Improving Nutritional Health and Well-being of Low-Income Families Past – Present – Future. Presentation; Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior: Honor the Past, Embrace the Present, Define the Future. July 2017:Washingotn DC.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0sEMSS0-sYsQ0ZQN0lPQ3JFeWs/view
Baker, S., Auld, G., Barale, K., Mullins, J., Franck, K., Palmer, D.M. (July 2017). EFNEP Evaluation – Learning from the Past, Moving to the Future. Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior Conference. Washington, DC.
Rhoades, L., Auld, G., Baker, S. (July 2017). Environmental Barriers to Healthful Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviors in the EFNEP Participant Population. Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior Conference. Washington, DC. Conference Proceedings Volume 49, Issue 7S1 abstract P57.
Li, C. and Palmer-Keenan, D., 2017. How do EFNEP Participants Describe Aerobic Activity?. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 49(7), p.S56.EB presentation – Cheng
Li, C. and Palmer-Keenan, D., 2017. Test-retest reliability of questions assessing physical activity levels among low-income women. The FASEB Journal, 31(1 Supplement), pp.136-2.
Program (EFNEP): A Model for Improving Nutritional Health and Well-being of Low-Income Families Past – Present – Future. Presentation; Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior: Honor the Past, Embrace the Present, Define the Future. July 2017: Washingotn DC.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0sEMSS0-sYsQ0ZQN0lPQ3JFeWs/view
Baker, S., Barale, K., Palmer-Keenan, D., Franck, K., Auld, G. Food and Physical Activity Behaviors Questionnaire. Presentation at EFNEP Coordinators Meeting, March 2017: Arlington, VA. https://www2.ag.purdue.edu/programs/hhs/efnep/Conferences/015_ThursdayMorning_EvidenceBase_QuestionaireEFNEP_Presentation2017.pdf
Gowan, B., Auld, G., Baker, S., Melby, C., Hess, A.(July 2017). Assessment of Impact on Objective Biometric Outcomes of the Eating Smart • Being Active Curriculum. Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior Conference. Washington, DC. Conference Proceedings.
Spruance LA, Douglass D, Zimmerman TP, Guenther PM, Franck K, Head D, Millerberg N, Moore CJ, Wilson-Sweebe K, Wood G, and Durward CM. Online ASA24 training manual pilot-tested with Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Educators. Presented at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior Annual Conference, Washington, DC, July, 2017.
Brewster PJ, Guenther PM, Durward CM, and Hurdle JF. Grocery Purchase Quality Index-2016 scores are moderately correlated with Healthy Eating Index-2010 scores in the Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey, 2012–13. FASEB Journal 2017;31(1):lb380 (abstract). Presented at Experimental Biology, Chicago, April, 2017.
Guenther PM, The Grocery Purchase Quality Index-2016: a tool for assessing
household food purchases. Presented at the USDA Economic Research Service, Washington, DC, May, 2017; the National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, May, 2017; the University of North Carolina Global Food Research Program, Chapel Hill, NC, July, 2017; Purdue University Nutrition Science Graduate Student Seminar, West Lafayette, IN, September, 2017; and the Healthy Eating Research Webinar, September, 2017.
Book Chapters
Curricula and Educational Materials
Barale, K. Food and Physical Activity Questionnaire Facilitation Protocol 8/24/17
English: https://www2.ag.purdue.edu/programs/hhs/efnep/Resource/Final_Questionaire_Protocol_Revision.pdf
Extension Reports/Publications
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Food & Physical Activity Questionnaire 8/17
https://www2.ag.purdue.edu/programs/hhs/efnep/Resource/Evaluation-20Q-Color.pdf
Spanish: Cuestionario sobre alimentos y actividad física 8/17
https://www2.ag.purdue.edu/programs/hhs/efnep/Resource/Spanish-20-Questionnaire-press.pdf
Articles in Popular Press (non-peer reviewed)
Webinars/Videos and URL for Online Acces
Koening, M., Chipman, H., Barale, K., Baker, S., Franck K. August 2017. EFNEP Behavioral Questionnaire and WebNEERS Training Webinar at https://nifa.usda.gov/resource/efnep-2017-launch-plan-webinar
Frank, K.F. and Auld, G. Evidence-Based Evaluation—Essential to Strong Program Outcomes. March 2017 IFSN Seminar https://nifa.usda.gov/resource/march-2017-ifsn-seminar
Student Theses and/or Dissertations
Benjamin Gowan. Spring 2017. A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Impact of the Eating Smart • Being Active Curriculum Using Objective Biometric Outcomes. MS Professional Paper (Plan B). Colorado State University.
Erin Murray. Spring 2017. Development and Testing of Measures to Assess Nutrition Behavior Change in Low-Income Adults Participating in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. Dissertation (PhD). Colorado State University.
Lauren Rhoades. Spring 2017. Environmental Barriers to Healthful Behaviors in EFNEP Participants. MS Professional Paper (Plan B). Colorado State University.
Brewster PJ, Measuring and Improving the Quality of Household Grocery Food Purchases. A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Utah in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, March, 2017.
Funding
Source: University of Wyoming Agriculture Experiment Station
Amount: $3,600
Start and End Dates: July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017
Title: Special funding for NC 2169 EFNEP Related Research
Project Director: Mary Kay Wardlaw
Source: USDA Hatch Multi-state Research Formula Fund
Amount: $99,621
Start and End Dates: May 15, 2017 – April 30, 2020
Title: Reaching Mother-Infant Dyads with Nutrition Education through the CenteringParenting® Program: A Unique Collaboration of Cooperative Extension and Health Care (WIS01987)
Project Director: Beth Olson
Source: USDA NIFA
Amount: WSU: $302,193.00
Start and End Dates: September 2014 - August 2017, with no-cost extension to August 2018.
Title: Western Region Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Center of Excellence
Project Director: Susan Baker; Co-director, Karen Barale
Source: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey New Brunswick Graduate School
Amount: $2,000
Start and End Date: April 13th, 2017-June 30, 2018
Title: Criterion Validity Testing of Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Survey Items to Assess Physical Activity Behaviors of Low-Income Adults.
Project Director: Cheng Li
Source: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey New Brunswick Graduate School
Amount: $925
Start and End Date: May 30th, 2017-June 30, 2018
Title: Rutgers Teaching Assistant and Graduate Assistant Professional Development Fund Award
Project Director: Cheng Li
Awards
Graduate Students
- Cheng Li, MS, PhD student, Rutgers University. Abiodun, Utah
- Susan Gills, PhD student,Colorado State University
- Erin Murray, PhD student, Colorado State University
- Ben Gowan, MS student, Colorado State University
- Lauren Rhoades, MS student, Colorado State University
- Lexi Macmillan-Uribe, PhD student, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Natalia Infante Caylor, PhD student, Colorado State University
- Amanda Petro, MS student, Colorado State University
- Philip J. Brewster, MS student, University of Utah
- Valliammai Chidambaram, PhD student, University of Utah
Impacts
- EFNEP nutrition education assessment will improve due to accurate and reliable measures of diet and physical activity related behavior change. This will result from the use of the research-tested Food and Physical Activity Questionnaire (FPAQ), protocols and training developed by NC2169 and implemented nationally October, 2017 in EFNEP to replace the previous behavior checklist.
- Nutrition and other health professionals will develop stronger program assessment tools based on the methodology developed by NC2169 and published internationally in the peer-reviewed Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
- Extension and other nutrition educators will collect data for program evaluation with better fidelity resulting in valid, higher quality data. Use of the data collected from the NC2169-developed Food and Physical Activity Questionnaire (FPAQ) can be used by program administrators to improve program implementation and inform stakeholders/ funders about program outcomes and impacts.
- An NC2169 developed tool to quantify EFNEP participants’ quality of life outcomes (such as community connectedness, etc.) has the potential to predict sustained behavior change allowing for the differentiation of the impact of program delivery and dose, and informing future programming.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journals
Murray EK, Auld G, Baker SS, Barale K, Franck K, Khan T, Palmer-Keenan D, and Walsh J. (2017) Methodology for Developing a New EFNEP Food and Physical Activity Behaviors Questionnaire. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 49(9):777-783.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2017.05.341
Scholl, J. (2017). Cooperative Extension: A look forward. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 109(3), 3-4.
Cason KL, Chipman H, Forstadt LA, Rasco MR, Sellers DM, Stephenson L, & York DA. (2017). Family and consumer sciences focus on the human dimension: The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education program example. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 109(3), 10-17.
Scholl, J and Hall, SS. Co-Editors. (2017). Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences. 109(3).
Murray, E., Baker, S., Auld, G. (in press). Nutrition recommendations from the US Dietary Guidelines critical to teach low-income adults: Expert panel opinion. J Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Gills, S., Baker, S., Auld, G. (2017). Collection methods for the 24-hour dietary recall as used in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. J Nutrition Education and Behavior, 49:250-256.
Brewster PJ, Guenther PM, Jordan KC, Hurdle JF. (2017). The Grocery Purchase Quality Index: an innovative approach to assessing grocery food purchases, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2017.07.012.