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Marisa Neelon1, Natalie Price1, Deepa Srivastava1
1Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Davis, CA.
Objective:
Examine the association between educational attainment and improvement in food practice outcomes of the California Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) participants.
Design:
Secondary data analysis.
Participants:
A total of 19,089 participants, 92.3% female, 77.2% Hispanic, 19.7% with ≤ sixth-grade education, and 68.9% with incomes ≤ 100% of the federal poverty level.
Main Outcome Measures:
Improvement in food resource management practices (FRMP), nutrition practices, and food safety practices (FSP).
Analysis:
Wilcoxon signed rank tests examined pre-post outcomes. Mann-Whitney U tests compared whether participants in the lowest and highest educational attainment quartiles had similar levels of improvement.
Results:
California EFNEP is associated with improved FRMP (z = -95.33), nutrition practices (z = -94.91), and FSP (z = -92.37); (P < 0.001). Lowest educational quartile was associated with more improvement in FRMP and FSP (P < 0.001).
Conclusions And Implications:
California EFNEP contributed to improved food practice outcomes for low and high educational attainment participants. Program content and instruction are effective across the education continuum.
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