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Good Agricultural Practices Training for Limited-Resource Produce Growers and Extension Educators
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Kilonzo-Nthenge, Agnes; Ricketts, John C.; Pitchay, Dharma – Journal of Extension, 2018
We delivered to growers and Extension educators a workshop addressing good agricultural practices (GAP) for produce safety. To assess the workshop's effects as applicable to behavioral intervention theory, we studied past behaviors, behavioral intentions, and changes in knowledge. Workshop participants had been aware of but did not fully…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Workshops, Agricultural Occupations, Safety
Practical Application of Theory-Driven Intervention to Extension Programming
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Bird, Carolyn; McClelland, Jacquelyn – Journal of Extension, 2010
For education to be effective, educators need to understand pertinent theories concerning behavior change and to apply them in programming. The study reported here sought to determine if the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) could be used to design, implement, and evaluate a brief educational session. Results show a significant increase in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change, Program Effectiveness
Goal Setting: A Strategy for Reducing Health Disparities
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Young, Tara D.; Barrett, Gloria J.; Martin, Anna C.; Metz, Diane L.; Kaiser, Lucia L.; Steinberg, Francene M. – Journal of Extension, 2011
The Healthy Rewards study tested the effectiveness of goal setting to encourage behavior change in Latino and African American adults in three northern California counties. Four groups of adults were alternately assigned to receive either 1) basic health promotion and nutrition education without goal setting (control) or 2) the same education with…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Community Education, Nutrition, Behavior Modification
Cooperative Extension Training Impact on Military Youth and 4-H Youth: The Case of Speak Out for Military Kids
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Edwin, James; McKinley, Steve; Talbert, B. Allen – Journal of Extension, 2010
Extension needs new venues to promote their programming skills to unfamiliar audiences. One new audience Extension is currently reaching is military children. By partnering with Operation: Military Kids to offer a Speak Out for Military Kids training, Extension supports military children and document changes in the behavior of this audience.…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Outreach Programs, Military Personnel, Youth Programs
Improving Measurement of the EFNEP Outcomes Using Factor Analysis of the Behavior Checklist
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Hoerr, Sharon L.; Abdulkadri, Abdullahi O.; Miller, Steven; Waltersdorf, Christine; LaShore, Margaret; Martin, Karen; Newkirk, Cathy – Journal of Extension, 2011
This article advances the literature on assessment of EFNEP's effectiveness. Factor analysis of Behavior Checklist items were performed to arrive at a parsimonious set of constructs used to assess the effects of program attributes on participants' behavior change. Based on the data from Michigan EFNEP, the use of constructs demonstrated a robust…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Modification, Program Effectiveness, Factor Analysis
Energy Conservation: Feelings Influence Actions.
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Verma, Satish – Journal of Extension, 1980
A study was done to determine (1) if interaction exists between the feeling and action components of behavior demonstrable for energy conservation, and (2) the effectiveness of an energy education program in promoting the conservation ethic. An interaction did exist between the feeling and action components of energy conservation behavior. (LRA)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Attitudes, Behavior Modification, Conservation Education