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Understanding the Experience of the Implementer: Teachers' Perspectives on Implementing a Classroom-Based Nutrition Education Program
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Bergling, Emily; Pendleton, Divyani; Owen, Heather; Shore, Emily; Risendal, Betsy; Harpin, Scott; Whitesell, Nancy; Puma, Jini – Health Education Research, 2021
School-based programs are widely implemented to combat childhood obesity, but these programs have mixed results. Dissemination and implementation science approaches to evaluation using qualitative methods can provide more robust details about program functioning that may be able to help explain the variation in the impact of these programs.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Nutrition Instruction, Program Implementation, School Activities
Implementation Factors and Teacher Experience of the Integrated Nutrition Education Program: A Mixed Methods Program Evaluation
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Bergling, Emily; Pendleton, Divyani; Shore, Emily; Harpin, Scott; Whitesell, Nancy; Puma, Jini – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: School-based programs are widely implemented to address childhood obesity. Despite the promise of these programs, evidence on their effectiveness is mixed. Adopting a dissemination and implementation (D&I) science focus utilizing mixed methods can provide a broader understanding and more robust details about these programs. The…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Educational Environment, Obesity, Health Education
A Process Evaluation of the HappyHealthy Social Marketing Campaign
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Laura H. Downey; Kristy Terp; Sylvia H. Byrd – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
Social marketing campaigns are effective in promoting health behavior changes in individuals and communities. Mississippi State University Extension Service's (MSU Extension) Office of Nutrition Education launched a statewide social marketing campaign branded HappyHealthy to target nutrition and healthy lifestyle-related behaviors of Supplemental…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Welfare Services, Nutrition Instruction
Implementation of an ICT-Based Learning Environment in a Nutrition Health Project
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Raiha, Teija; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Enkenberg, Jorma; Turunen, Hannele – Health Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the views of school staff on a nutrition health project implemented via an ICT-based learning environment in a secondary school (7th to 9th grades). Design/methodology/approach: The study was a part of the wider European Network for Health Promoting Schools programme (ENHPS; since 2008, Schools…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Secondary Schools, Health Education, Health Activities
A Formative Evaluation of the American Cancer Society "Changing the Course" Nutrition Education Curriculum.
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Contento, Isobel R.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1992
"Changing the Course," a 15-16 session, behaviorally oriented, activity-based nutrition education curriculum for elementary students was assessed for feasibility of program implementation. The test involved 16 teachers and 702 students in the Northeast. Results showed high teacher satisfaction; student posttests revealed high achievement…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education
Krachtvoer: Process Evaluation of a Dutch Programme for Lower Vocational Schools to Promote Healthful Diet
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Martens, Marloes; van Assema, Patricia; Paulussen, Theo; Schaalma, Herman; Brug, Johannes – Health Education Research, 2006
The aim of this study was to examine the fidelity and completeness of the implementation of a school-based healthful diet promotion programme called "Krachtvoer" (we use the Dutch title of the programme throughout this article. A possible translation is Power Food, but this does not reflect the play on words in the Dutch title), aimed at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Vocational Schools, Student Attitudes
Evaluation of the Tennessee Nutrition Education and Training Program. 1980 Final Report.
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Banta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1980
The Tennessee Nutrition Education and Training (NET) program is part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture effort to develop a coordinated nutrition education program for children from preschool through grade 12. In its first year of operation, the Tennessee NET program conducted summer nutrition education workshops for elementary teachers and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
Evaluation of the Tennessee Nutrition Education and Training Program. 1981 Final Report.
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Banta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1981
The Tennessee Nutrition Education and Training (NET) program is part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture effort to develop a coordinated nutrition education program for children from preschool through grade 12. For this second-year evaluation, researchers associated with the University of Tennessee collected data for the evaluation of program…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods