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Intentions modify program impact after a nutrition education intervention
Amber C Summers1, Ann C Klassen
1Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Objective:
To examine whether expressed intentions modified program impact on diet.
Methods:
A nutrition education intervention was conducted with African American women in Washington, DC. Dietary recalls and surveys at post-intervention and follow-up were analyzed.
Results:
At 20-week follow-up, frequent attenders reported .13 more fruit and vegetable servings per additional point post-intervention behavioral intentions score (p = .03) and .10 servings per point on follow-up intentions score (p = .07).
Conclusions:
Sustained intentions predicted dietary change, informing measurement and theory for nutrition interventions.
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