A Brief Community-Based Nutrition Education Intervention Combined With Food Baskets Can Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Low-Income Latinos.

Autor: Ko LK; Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: lko@fredhutch.org., Rodriguez E; Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA., Yoon J; Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA., Ravindran R; Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA., Copeland WK; Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of nutrition education and behavior [J Nutr Educ Behav] 2016 Oct; Vol. 48 (9), pp. 609-617.e1. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jul 30.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.06.010
Abstrakt: Objective: To evaluate the impact of an 8-week community-based nutrition education program combined with food baskets on fruit and vegetable consumption (FVC) among Latinos.
Design: Pre-post intervention study assessing perceived barriers, knowledge, food efficacy, food outcomes, and FVC, using mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative).
Setting: Participants' recruitment and data collection took place in the Seattle Metropolitan area from September 2012 to July 2013.
Participants: Participants' (n = 40) mean age was 37.8 (±10.5) years. Participants were mostly women, from Mexico, uninsured, low income, and overweight or obese.
Intervention: Nuestras Comidas was developed through the use of the Social Cognitive Theory and focused on increasing behavioral capability, food efficacy, food outcomes, and FVC.
Main Outcome Measure: Dependent variables were knowledge, perceived barriers, food efficacy, food outcomes, and FVC. Independent variable was the intervention (pre-post).
Statistical Analyses: A McNemar exact test was computed for categorical variables and Wilcoxon signed-rank test and paired t test for continuous variables. Focus group data were analyzed by identifying common themes.
Results: Participation in the intervention was significantly associated with increased knowledge, food efficacy, and vegetable consumption.
Conclusions and Implications: A brief nutrition education intervention combined with food baskets can improve healthy eating among Latinos.
(Copyright © 2016 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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