Developing and Evaluating Newsletters for Parent Engagement in Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE)

Vinny Vi, Bin C. Suh, Elizabeth Lorenzo, Sarah Martinelli, Anel Arriola and Rebecca E. Lee
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Vinny Vi: Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 550 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
Bin C. Suh: Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 550 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
Elizabeth Lorenzo: School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
Sarah Martinelli: College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, 550 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
Anel Arriola: Storytelling Institute, South Mountain Community College, 7050 S. 24th St., Phoenix, AZ 85042, USA
Rebecca E. Lee: Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 550 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-11

Abstract: Physical activity and nutrition preschool programming must involve parents in positive long-term healthy habits. This paper describes parent outreach in the Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE) study. Newsletters were sent home with children to promote family opportunities to increase physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake. The content was generated via a community advisory board participatory process. Messages linked SAGE curriculum topics with home and community activities. Parents rated frequency of receipt, helpfulness, satisfaction, and use of content. Most participants were Hispanic (>78%) and women (>95%). Most reported receiving newsletters; nearly all reported that they were helpful. Favorite newsletter components included recipes, pictures of their children and seasonal produce spotlights. Most reported doing physical activities from the newsletters (51.9%). Few reported doing featured physical activity (8.9%) and fruit and vegetable (12.7%) community activities. Newsletter outreach methods are a simple strategy to add value to preschool-based interventions promoting healthy families.

Keywords: childhood obesity; Hispanic; newsletters; parent engagement; healthy lifestyle; early care education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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