Methodology To Evaluate Outcomes of the Team Nutrition Initiative in Schools

Mary Murimi, Jan Colvin, Kim Liner and Jennifer Guin

No 291995, Contractor and Cooperator Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: 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 information 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 observation 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.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 101
Date: 2006-06
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.291995

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