SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report

Status: Approved

Basic Information

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.
  1. 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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. NC3169 Proposal – Mary Kay Wardlaw and Sandy Procter
  • NC3169 – 2018 to 2023
  • Objectives have been submitted
  • Group worked on editing work plan

 

  1. 2018 Meetings
  • Virtual Meeting: March 2, 2018
  • Knoxville, Tennessee - October 18-20, 2018

 

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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
  • 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

 

  1. 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.

  1. 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:

  1. We confirmed that EFNEP positively impacted the QoL of participants and paraprofessionals.
  2. Identified QoL domains that most consistently impacted:
    1. Educators: physical and psychological being, and physical and social belonging, practical and growth becoming;
    2. Participants it is also physical and psychological and spiritual being, social belonging, practical and growth becoming).
    3. 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.
  3. Continue content validity for QoL tool.

 

  1. 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 Behavior49(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 Journal31(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

Spanish: https://www2.ag.purdue.edu/programs/hhs/efnep/Resource/Final_Questionnaire_Protocol_Revision_Spanish.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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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