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Overview
Target Behavior: Healthy Eating, Food Insecurity/Food Assistance
Intervention Type: Direct Education, PSE Change
Intervention Reach and Adoption
Setting: Community, Faith-based, Food pantries, School, Worksite, Other: sites with pantries
Target Audience: Preschool (<5 years), 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
- Baseline and follow-up assessments
- Resource guide
- Training for pantry staff and volunteers
- Action planning template
- Promotional materials.
Intervention Costs
Evidence Summary
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 | ||||
Environmental Settings | MT5 | LT5, LT9, LT10 | ||
Sectors of Influence | ST8 |
- ST8: Increased partnerships and enhanced level of engagement in implementing and sustaining PSE
- MT5: Increased in fresh/local produce
- LT5: Multi-level interventions including direct education, community involvement, and policy implementation
- LT9: Leveraged resources and funding from partners and stakeholders to implement PSE
- LT10: Developed sustainability assessments with action planning tools
Evaluation Materials
Additionally, another website was created to share resources and information, with the aim of providing as much choice for clients based on organizational capacity: https://localfood.ces.ncsu.edu/localfood-community-development/healthy-food-pantry-toolkit/.