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Overview
Target Behavior: Healthy Eating
Intervention Type: Direct Education
Intervention Reach and Adoption
Setting: Farmers markets, Child care (Learn), Community (Live), Faith-based community, Food pantries, Health care, School (Learn), USDA program sites (not National School Lunch Program)
Target Audience: Preschool (<5 years), Elementary School, Middle School
Race/Ethnicity: All
Intervention Components
Intervention Materials
Intervention Costs
Evidence Summary
- Net 22.4% of students answered more nutrition knowledge questions correctly than they did before participating (p<.001)
- Net 10% of students had been exposed to more vegetables (p<.001)
- Net 13% increased their liking for vegetables (p<.001)
- Net 16% increased their consumption of vegetables (p<.001)
- Net 8% increased the variety of vegetables they consumed (p=.002)
- Net 7% were more confident in their ability to make a healthy snack (p=.03)
Evidence-based Approach: Practice-tested
Evaluation Indicators
Readiness and Capacity – Short Term (ST) | Changes – Medium Term (MT) | Effectiveness and Maintenance – Long Term (LT) | Population Results (R) | |
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Individual | ST1 | MT1 | ||
Environmental Settings | ||||
Sectors of Influence |
- ST1: In school year 2017-2018, net 21% of students increased their nutrition knowledge (p<.001)
- MT1: In school year 2017-18, net 7% of students increased the amount of vegetables consumed the previous day (p=.02)
- MT1d: In school year 2017-18, net 8% of students increased the variety of vegetables they consumed the previous day (p=.002)
- MT1m: In school year 2017-2018, median Veggie Meter measurement (measurement of carotenoids in the skin) increased from 257 before programming to 263 after programming (p=.04)
Evaluation Materials
Additional Information
Contact Person(s):
Stephanie Folkens
Vice President of Programs, Common Threads
Phone: 312-462-0719
Email: teachers@commonthreads.org; sfolkens@commonthreads.org
Michelle Truong
Education and Training Manager, Common Threads
Phone: 832-788-2622
Email: teachers@commonthreads.org; mtruong@commonthreads.org
*Updated as of August 29, 2023