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Overview
Target Behavior: Healthy Eating
Intervention Type: Direct Education
Intervention Reach and Adoption
Setting: Community (Live), Faith-based community, Food pantries, Health care, School (Learn), USDA program sites (not National School Lunch Program)
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Pregnant/Breastfeeding Women, Parents/Mothers/Fathers, Adults, Older Adults, Homeless/Food Pantry Clients
Race/Ethnicity: All
Intervention Components
Intervention Materials
- Food Smarts Adult Workbook (available in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese
- Food Smarts Instructor Guide: Adult (English)
- Food Smarts Kids Workbook (English)
- Food Smarts Instructor Guide: Kids (English)
- Food Smarts for Food Waste (English)
More information about above mentioned resources visit:
https://www.leahspantry.org/what-we-offer/classes-curriculum/food-smarts-curriculum/
Intervention Costs
Print copies of the participant workbooks and accompanying instructor guides can be purchased through our website. Costs vary, please see website for updated prices. https://www.leahspantry.org/product-category/food-smarts/
Evidence Summary
- Using MyPlate to make food choices
- Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption
- Eating more than one kind of vegetable
- Decreasing sugary beverage consumption
Our FY15 and FY16 evaluations also demonstrate statistically significant changes in food safety and resource management.
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) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | MT1 | |||
Environmental Settings | ||||
Sectors of Influence |
MT1: Healthy Eating
- MT1d: Ate more than one kind of vegetable (p=0.038)
- MT1f: Used MyPlate to make food choices (p=0.044)
- MT1h: Decreased sugary beverage consumption (p=0.001)
- MTl: Increased fruit consumption (p=0.00)
- MT1m: Increased vegetable consumption (p=0.002)
Evaluation Materials
Additional Information
Contact Person(s):
Carrie Richerson
Director of Training, Leah’s Pantry
Phone: 650-379-4795
Email: info@leahspantry.org
*Updated as of August 28, 2023