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Direct linkBrown, Onikia; Morse, Wayde; Carter, Mitch – Journal of Extension, 2020
With an adult obesity rate of 35.6%, Alabama is the second most obese state in the United States. Alabama Extension and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) joined in the first collaboration between the CDC and land-grant institutions to prevent further incidence and reduce the prevalence of obesity. The objective of our study was…
Descriptors: Obesity, Rural Areas, Adults, Public Health
Daniels, Catherine H.; Chalker-Scott, Linda; Martini, Nicole – Journal of Extension, 2016
The Garden Team at Washington State University is a transdisciplinary, geographically dispersed group of faculty and staff. As with many such teams, member retention requires effort, as busy individuals may not see the overall benefits of active team membership. Ripple effect mapping is a strategy that can illustrate the tangible and often…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teamwork, Concept Mapping, Group Dynamics
Carroll, Jan. B.; Dinstel, Roxie Rogers; Manton, Linda Marie – Journal of Extension, 2015
In every era, publicly funded programs seek to document their value. During the centennial celebrations of Cooperative Extension's legislation and establishment, this cry for data became even louder and the demand more intense. The Western Extension Directors Association (WEDA) tasked their Western Region Program Leadership Committee (WRPLC) to…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Management Information Systems
Brislen, Lilian; Tanaka, Keiko; Jacobsen, Krista – Journal of Extension, 2016
This article presents an analysis of preferred knowledge sources for beginning farmers and differences in knowledge networks between "heritage" and "nonheritage" farmers. The purpose of the analysis is to support the reassessment of training, technical assistance, and other needs of beginning farmers to be able to develop more…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Networks, Agricultural Education, Extension Education
Forstadt, Leslie; Fortune, Aileen – Journal of Extension, 2016
Extension staff are increasingly challenged to do excellent work and balance their lives. University of Maine Cooperative Extension committed to a 2-year participatory action research project to support staff and to an organizational climate that encourages personal sustainability. With tools from ethnography and appreciative inquiry, staff…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Organizational Culture, Extension Education, Extension Agents
Leuci, Mary Simon – Journal of Extension, 2012
Our complex and rapidly changing world demands a more nimble, responsive, and flexible Extension organization. The findings from a study involving interviews across a state Cooperative Extension Service paint a picture of organizational learning in Extension. Four key dimensions of learning surfaced. Of particular importance are the application of…
Descriptors: Extension Education, State Programs, Cooperative Programs, Transformative Learning
