Topics Covered: Evaluation

Advancing Health Equity through SNAP-Ed Evaluation

Dr. Natalie Cook, PhD, Population Health Sciences at Virginia Tech:

This webinar was offered as an introduction to the concept of Transformative Evaluation (TE) and to offer suggestions on how to incorporate TE principles and practices into SNAP-Ed evaluation to contribute to efforts to increase health equity through SNAP-Ed programming. The webinar was provided by the Evaluation and Reporting subgroup of the ASNNA Evaluation Committee.

Adapting to COVID-19 Series: Collecting and Reporting Data

SNAP-Ed Toolkit and SNAP-Ed Connection:

This webinar and associated training materials are a part of a 3-part webinar series where state and local SNAP-Ed programs who were creating, innovating, and delivering SNAP-Ed remotely in the COVID-19 era presented. The other two parts in the series include Adapting SNAP-Ed Programming to Remote Delivery and Measuring and Evaluating Impact. This webinar and associated training materials are designed to share how different SNAP-Ed programs (University of Missouri Extension, Kansas State University PEARS Team, Michigan Fitness Foundation) collected and reported data.

These webinars are pre-approved for 1.5 CPE credits (until July 28, 2023) for Registered Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians, Registered by the Commission for Dietetic Registration.

Adapting to COVID-19 Series: Measuring and Evaluating Impact

SNAP-Ed Toolkit and SNAP-Ed Connection:

This webinar and associated training materials are a part of a 3-part webinar series where state and local SNAP-Ed programs who were creating, innovating, and delivering SNAP-Ed remotely in the COVID-19 era presented. The other two parts in the series include Adapting SNAP-Ed Programming to Remote Delivery and Collecting and Reporting Data. This webinar and associated training materials are designed to share how SNAP-Ed programming adapted for remote delivery was measured and evaluated. The webinar includes content, guidance, and lessons learned from the University of Georgia SNAP-Ed and the University of Minnesota Extension.

These webinars are pre-approved for 1.5 CPE credits (until July 28, 2023) for Registered Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians, Registered by the Commission for Dietetic Registration.

SERO SNAP-Ed Best Practices: Measuring and Sustaining Policy, Systems and Environmental Changes

Public Health Institute’s Center for Wellness and Nutrition:

This webinar is designed to share best practices for measuring and sustaining policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change. The webinar includes content, guidance, and lessons learned from the Michigan Fitness Foundation, the California Department of Public Health & Nutrition Policy Institute, and the University of South Carolina.

Healthy Food Pantry Assessment Toolkit

Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Center of Excellence – West (RNECE-W):

This webinar and training material are designed to describe how to complete the Healthy Food Pantry Assessment Tool. Training objectives include gaining familiarity with the assessment tool, increasing comfort in choosing response options, and practicing using the tool. Contributors to the webinar include Alexandra Bush-Kaufman and Marie Walsh. The toolkit was developed by members of the WSU-Extension Pierce County Office in partnership with researchers from Colorado State University-Extension as part of the Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Center of Excellence-West (RNECE-W).

Writing SNAP-Ed Success Stories: Simple Strategies for Success

SNAP-Ed Connection:

This webinar is designed to learn from three SNAP-Ed agency program leaders with experience developing and sharing effective success stories share their methods and recommendations. Topics covered include tips and strategies for creating stories that are concise, powerful, and engaging to readers across the SNAP-Ed stakeholder community and the top 5 mistakes made when writing success stories (and how to avoid them). Contributors include Jennifer Anderson, Stephanie Cousins, Beth Peralta, and Pamela Bruno.

Eat Well, Be Well Project Manual

UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP):

This training material includes a manual that provides a how-to and lessons learned for implementation of the Eat Well, Be Well Rural Healthy Corner Store Project. “Eat Well, Be Well” is a five-phase environmental intervention aimed to address obesity by increasing access to and purchasing of healthy food items in corner stores.

SNAP-Ed Policy, Systems and Environmental Integrative Map

UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP), RNECE-South:

 

 

This training material is designed to provide tools and resources to build skills for policy, systems and environmental approaches to support SNAP-Ed community initiatives to create healthy local places. Video modules feature current, successful approaches that are being implemented in community settings. Each setting provides details for implementation and evaluation based upon the evaluation framework metrics.

Evaluation Tools for SNAP-Ed Populations and Needs

SNAP-Ed Connection and Public Health Institute:

This webinar is designed to address the following objectives: understand how to find evaluation tools for SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework indicators; understand how to use evaluation tools for SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework indicators, and learn about some of the existing SNAP-Ed tools that are available for specific populations. Contributors include Sharon Sugerman and Jennifer Anderson.

Strengthening Outcomes Through Collective Impact

UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP), RNECE-South:

This training material is designed to introduce the concepts and theories behind collective impact, and guest speakers discuss how it can be used by SNAP-Ed and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) agencies to strengthen outcomes, especially in policies, systems, and environmental change. Contributors include Loralei Jones, Andy Naja-Riese, Abby Piner, and Julia Carboni.