TY - JOUR
T1 - About Eating
T2 - An Online Program With Evidence of Increased Food Resource Management Skills for Low-Income Women
AU - Lohse, Barbara
AU - Belue, Rhonda
AU - Smith, Stephanie
AU - Wamboldt, Patricia
AU - Cunningham-Sabo, Leslie
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded in part by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare through the Pennsylvania Nutrition Education TRACKS , as part of USDA’s SNAP, and by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Grant 2012-68001-19603 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture , Childhood Obesity Prevention: Integrated Research, Education , and Extension to Prevent Childhood Obesity–A2101 . The authors acknowledge Denise Wall, MS, RD, who participated in early formative assessment activity, and initial development activities by WebHealth investigators: Geoffrey W. Greene, PhD, RD, LDN; Adrienne A. White, PhD, RD; Sharon L. Hoerr, PhD, RD; Susan M. Schembre, PhD, RD; Deborah Riebe, PhD; Jill Patterson, PhD; Kendra K. Kattelmann, PhD, RD; Suzanne Shoff, PhD; Tanya Horacek, PhD, RD; Bryan Blissmer, PhD; and Beatrice W. Phillips, EdD, RD, with support from the National Research Initiative of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education , and Extension Service , Grant 2005-35215-154121541 , National Institutes of Health grant M01 RR10732 , and the General Clinical Research Center of the Pennsylvania State University .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Objective: Produce and evaluate About Eating (AE), an online program for low-income women aligned with the Satter eating competence model, congruent with best practices for nutrition education of low-income audiences. Methods: Responses from iterative cognitive interviews and online surveys with diverse samples of low-income women informed lesson revisions. The researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial of AE with low-income women to determine its impact on dietary behavior and food security. Results: In all, 284 women reviewed at least 1 AE lesson and endorsed it. After AE, women (n = 288) increased in use of food resource management skills (eg, using a budget [. P = .008] and planning meals to include all food groups [. P = .002]). About Eating participants who were food secure had more confidence in managing money for food (. P = .002) and keeping track of food-related purchases (. P = .02) than food-insecure persons. Conclusions and Implications: Mixed-methods research with life stage and geodiverse samples confirmed the usefulness of AE. Food security assessment may enhance interpretation of intervention effectiveness.
AB - Objective: Produce and evaluate About Eating (AE), an online program for low-income women aligned with the Satter eating competence model, congruent with best practices for nutrition education of low-income audiences. Methods: Responses from iterative cognitive interviews and online surveys with diverse samples of low-income women informed lesson revisions. The researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial of AE with low-income women to determine its impact on dietary behavior and food security. Results: In all, 284 women reviewed at least 1 AE lesson and endorsed it. After AE, women (n = 288) increased in use of food resource management skills (eg, using a budget [. P = .008] and planning meals to include all food groups [. P = .002]). About Eating participants who were food secure had more confidence in managing money for food (. P = .002) and keeping track of food-related purchases (. P = .02) than food-insecure persons. Conclusions and Implications: Mixed-methods research with life stage and geodiverse samples confirmed the usefulness of AE. Food security assessment may enhance interpretation of intervention effectiveness.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2015.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2015.01.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 25744780
AN - SCOPUS:84928928379
VL - 47
SP - 265-272.e1
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education
SN - 1499-4046
IS - 3
ER -
