Methodology To Evaluate the Outcomes of the Team Nutrition Initiative in Schools

Lisa Quay andStacy Gleason

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: National School Lunch Program;    Team Nutrition;    Child Nutrition Programs;    food assistance programs;    evaluation;    nutrition education;    Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program;    FANRP;   

RP-ID  :  CCR-20

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

This project develops a data collection methodology to evaluate outcomes of Team Nutrition, a voluntary USDA school-based initiative to promote nutrition education, healthy eating, and physical activity. The project uses infor-mation technology to collect high-quality data while decreasing respondent and investigator burden and lowering costs of collecting and analyzing evaluation data. Seven data collection instruments were developed: Five collect information from school personnel, one collects information from students, and the seventh is an on-site observa-tion of the school environment. The instruments are being pilot-tested in one State, but because Team Nutrition is a national initiative, the methodology could be useful to other States.This study was conducted by the Louisiana Tech University under a cooperative research contract with USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) Food and Nutrition Assistance Research Program (FANRP): contract number 43-3AEM-3-80112 (ERS project representative: Joanne Guthrie). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ERS or USDA.