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Download full textNational Institute of Food and Agriculture, 2023
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is the nation's first federal nutrition education program for low-income populations. Without question, accelerating equity in programming has long been a priority of EFNEP. Historically underserved populations with limited financial resources are often people of color and at increased risk…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Foods Instruction, Nutrition, Food
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Direct linkFahlman, Mariane M.; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey; Shen, Bo – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2010
Objective: To compare dietary knowledge, behaviors and self-efficacy of black middle school students of low socioeconomic status with their white counterparts of higher socioeconomic status. Design: Cross-sectional, school-based survey. Setting: Large metropolitan area in the United States. Participants: Middle school students (1,208 of low…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Age, Socioeconomic Status, Early Intervention
Yan, Tingjian; Wilber, Kathleen H.; Aguirre, Rosa; Trejo, Laura – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: This study assessed the effectiveness of Active Start, a community-based behavior change and fitness program, designed to promote physical activity among sedentary community-dwelling older adults. Design and Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used. Data were analyzed using a within-group pretest-post-test design to calculate changes…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
Lillis, Jason; Hayes, Steven C. – Behavior Modification, 2007
Two classroom approaches to reducing racial and ethnic prejudice among college students were compared: a class session based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and an educational lecture drawn from a textbook on the psychology of racial differences. Undergraduates who were enrolled in two separate classes on racial differences were exposed…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Teaching Methods, Racial Bias, College Students
Orren, Pamela M.; Werner, Paul D. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2007
This research assessed effects of brief wilderness programs on adolescents' self-concepts, internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and environmental attitudes and contrasted effects for adolescents in five racial groups. A pretest-posttest design compared adolescents who participated in wilderness outings (n = 67) with adolescents on a waiting…
Descriptors: Racial Factors, Racial Differences, African Americans, Pretests Posttests
Park-Higgerson, Hyoun-Kyoung; Perumean-Chaney, Suzanne E.; Bartolucci, Alfred A.; Grimley, Diane M.; Singh, Karan P. – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: Youth violence and related aggressive behaviors have become serious public health issues with physical, economic, social, and psychological impacts and consequences. This study identified and evaluated the characteristics of successful school-based violence prevention programs. Methods: Twenty-six randomized controlled trial (RCT),…
Descriptors: Intervention, Violence, Prevention, Public Health
Horner, Sharon D.; Fouladi, Rachel T. – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: The purpose of the present analysis is to examine changes in rural children's asthma self-management after they received lay health educator (LHE)-delivered classes. Methods: Elementary schools were randomly assigned to the treatment or attention-control condition and their participating students received either asthma education or…
Descriptors: Intervention, Comprehensive School Health Education, Health Promotion, Self Efficacy
