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Impact Report

For plan KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Bernalillo County)
Date October 22, 2007, 4:13 pm
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Impact Report I CAN Nutrition Education and Behavior Actions Program Tools: Eating Right is Basic Enhanced Version Nutrition Program; USDA MyPyramid, Dietary Guidelines, Food Safety – Fight Bac. EXPANDED FOOD AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM – ADULT PROGRAM TARGET AUDIENCE: Women, Infant, Children Program - WIC: East Multi Service Center at Zuni SE; Broadway SW WIC, 1st Choice at Candalaria NW (English & Spanish); Alamosa Community Center NW WIC; Alameda WIC NW(Spanish & English); La Mirada NE WIC; Isleta Pueblo WIC. 154 graduated. ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EVENSTART & TITLE I PARENT PROGRAMS: Elementary Schools: Adobe Acres; La Mesa; Barcelona Primer Exito & Juntos; Kit Carson; East San Jose; Lavaland; and Pajarito. The majority participants in these groups only speak Spanish. 56 parents graduated. OTHER GROUPS: CES Parenting Program; Enlace Comunitario; GRADS at Alternative High School program and Parent Teen Pregnancy group; CYF Child Development Child Protective Services. Various adult home groups and individuals. 80 graduates. NEW groups: Team Works; Christina Duncan Charter School parents; UNM student parent groups; and Barelas Senior Center. As a result of I CAN Home Economist I CAN program promotion to Health for the Homeless coalition, five representatives provided information about their program at the I CAN staff meeting and called for I CAN training. Additional shelters were also recruited by the educators via list provided by the I CAN Home Economist. These new groups from the Domestic Violence Shelters; Transitional housing for families; and one program for Women with co-occurring mental and addictive disorders included Maria Amadia Teen Shelter; Health Care for the Homeless; Catholic Charities; May’s Place Shelter for Women;; Susan’s Legacy; Saranam; Casa Milagro Transitional housing and Joy Junction. 124 graduates. HOME DAY CARE PROVIDER PROGRAMS: PAN, Choices for Families; Carino; H.E.L.P. and VIDA referrals –all educators. PROVIDER GROUPS: Extension Office Provider class (one Spanish and one English program); VIDA provider classes (one Spanish & one English program). Two Regional Early Care & Education Provider Conferences conducted by three educators conducted Spanish & English. Conferences where held in Albuquerque and in Belen. Valencia County did not have an educator available to do this RECEC program. 189 graduated from these provider groups. Forty one per-cent of I CAN graduates were center based or home based providers. 1) EFNEP GRADUATES AND CONTINUING FAMILIES. a) Total number of program families was 512. 465 (91%) were new to the program with 2335 number of persons within these families. b) 455 graduated (89%). Six educators graduated an average of 73 clients. Ten families continued with these six educators. One new educator was hired in mid-December. She graduated an additional 20 adults with 54 families continuing. c) Ethnicity: White: F= 36 M= 2 = 38 (7%) Black: F= 9 M =0 = 9 (2%) N. Amer. F= 8 (2%) M = 0 Hispanic F=434 (85%) M=16 (3%) = 450 (88%) Asian F=7 (1%) EDUCATIONAL RESULTS: a) 455 graduates, 91.4% of families had a positive change in any food group at exit (Grain, Fruit, Vegetables, Dairy, Meat). b) Percent with a 3-1-1-1-1 food pattern at entry 14% Exit: 34.0% c) Percent with 6-2-3-2-2 food pattern at entry 2.6% and Exit 2.9% 1) EFNEP PROGRAM OBJECTIVE: 2) Adult graduates will demonstrate acceptable practices in: a) food resource management: (ie plans meals, compares prices, does not run out of food and uses grocery lists) b) nutrition practices: (ie plans meals, makes healthy food choices, prepares foods without adding salt, reads nutrition labels and has children eat breakfast.) c) food safety practices )ie thawing and storing foods properly d) all three categories listed above: Food resource management, nutrition practices and food safety. BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST SUMMARY REPORT: IMPROVEMENT BY CLUSTER OF BEHAVIOR Food resource management practice of EFNEP participants improved as indicated by the following: 49% (214 participants) more often planned meals in advance. 51% (222 participants) more often compared prices when shopping 50% (219 participants) less often ran out of food before the end of the month. 53% (233 participants) more often used a list for grocery shopping. Nutrition Practices of EFNEP participants improved as indicated by the following: 48% (201 participants) more often planned meals in advance. 45% (189 participants) more often thought about healthy food choices when deciding what to feed their family. 57% (197 participants) more often used the “Nutrition Facts” on food labels l to make food choices. 47% (197) participants reported that their children ate breakfast more often. Food Safety practices of EFNEP participants improved as indicated by the following: 50% (225 participants) more often followed the recommended practices of not allowing meat and dairy foods to sit out for more than two hours. Furthermore, 42% (189 participants) ALWAYS follow the recommended practice. 68% (309 participants) more often followed the recommended practice of not thawing foods at room temperature. Further more, 47% (213 participants) ALWAYS follow the recommended practice. IMPROVEMENT BY CLUSTER OF QUESTIONS: Food Resource Management Practices: 79% (348 participants) showed improvement in one or more food resource management practices (i.e. plans meals, compares prices, does not run out of food or uses a grocery list). 58% (252) showed improvement in two or more food resource management practices (same as above) 43% (189) showed improvement in three or more food resource management practices (same as above) 23% (99) showed improvement in all four food resource management practices. Nutrition Practices: 78% (329 participants) showed improvement in one or more nutrition practices (i.e. plans meals, makes healthy food choices, prepares foods without adding salt, reads nutrition labels or has children eat breakfast. 63% (263) showed improvement in two or more nutrition practices. 49% (204) showed improvement in three or more nutrition practices. 34% (142) showed improvement in three or more nutrition practices. 19% (80) showed improvement in all five nutrition practices. Food Safety: 74% (332 participants) showed improvement in one or more of the food safety practices (i.e. thawing and storing foods properly. 44% (198) showed improvement in both food safety practices. IMPROVEMENT BY FOOD –RELATED PRACTICES BASED ON EFNEP SURVEY. 25% (114 participants) at ENTRY demonstrates acceptable practices of food resource management (i.e. plans meals, compares prices, does not run out of food and uses grocery lists) 57% (261) at EXIT demonstrated acceptable food resource management. (Same as above.) 13% (61) at ENTRY demonstrated acceptable nutrition practices (i.e. plans meals, makes healthy food choices, prepares foods with out adding salt, read nutrition labels and has children eat breakfast). 42% (191) at EXIT demonstrated acceptable nutrition practices (same as above) 38% (174) at ENTRY demonstrated acceptable food safety practices (i.e. thawing and storing foods properly). 87% (392) at EXIT demonstrated acceptable food safety practices (same as above). 5% (24) at ENTRY achieved acceptable scores in all three categories listed above: food resource management, nutrition practices, and food safety. 31% (143) at EXIT achieved acceptable scores in all three categories listed above. ---------------------------------------------- FOOD STAMP NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM TARGET GROUP - FSNEP ADULT PROGRAM: AGENCY COLLABORATION: Four Income Support Division Offices in NE, SE, SW. NW ISD Women, Infant, and Children (WIC): La Mirada Health Clinic NE; Candalaria WIC NW; Broadway SE; Isleta Pueblo WIC Other Adult Groups: Joy Junction Homeless Center; Saranam homeless group; UNM parent groups; VIDA provider group; Susan Legacy; Barelas Senior Center; GRADS Teen pregnancy; Casa Milagro Transitional housing; CES parenting groups and home based providers. Total Adult graduated was 191. A total for four educators worked with FSNEP this year. One educator terminated in July, 07. Scranton evaluations are done before and after classes each class. End of year Scantron reports were not available at the time of preparing this report. ---------------------------------------------- ICAN YOUTH PROGRAMMING: Action Program Tools: EFNEP and FSNEP Youth Curriculum: USDA Team Nutrition Curriculum including Food & Me (Pre-k & K); Food Time (1 -2 grades); and Food Works (3 - 5th grades). USDA Eat Right Play Hard Power Panther curriculum for 3rd graders and USDA My Pyramid for 1st - 5th graders. The classroom sessions include subject matter topics with food activities and/or games and food demonstration to allow students to taste and try new foods. Only the FSNEP youth program includes the I CAN Connections Program (High School – Elementary school collaboration). TARGET AUDIENCE YOUTH PROGRAM: Albuquerque Public Schools youth receiving free or reduce meal in Pre-K – 5th grades; middle school, or High School. Youth attending summer community centers receiving free or reduced lunches; other limited resource youth in other types of programs. EFNEP YOUTH PROGRAMMING: Summer Youth Groups: Community Centers in collaboration with Bernalillo County Urban Youth Program: Alamosa; Westside; Cesar Chavez; McKinley; and Pat Hurley. School groups Van Buren Middle School; Albuquerque High School; Crestview Elementary; Las Puertas Alternative School; Martin Luther King Elementary; Del Norte High School; Manzano High School Other Youth groups: La Mesa Even Start, El Pueblo Apartments; Central Vacation Bible School; Crestview Christian Academy; and Hawthorne Child Development program. Total EFNEP youth graduating: 668 Gender and Ethic characteristics: White: F 72 (11%) M 97 (15%) = 169 (25%); Black: F 17 (3%) M 23 (3%) = 40 (6%) Asian: F 12 (2%) M 9 (1%) = 1021 (1%); Hispanic F 198 (30%) M 215 (32%) = 413 (62%); Native American F 14 ( 2%) M 11( 2%) = 25. Grand total of 668 youth graduates. Depending on the lesson taught, each educator verbally quizzes students as a summary to each lesson. The majority of the youth can respond to the basic nutrition questions. No formal youth evaluations have been developed. Teachers have responded to the I CAN Home Economist and educators that they are very pleased with the youth programming and have rated it excellent. Many of the teachers worked with this program this year have requested additional classes for next program year. ----------------------------------------------FSNEP YOUTH PROGRAM Del Norte High School; Joy Junction Youth Group; Pat Hurley Community Center; Enlace Comunicatoria Youth Group; Manzano High School; Chelwood Elementary School; Navajo Elementary; Alamosa Community Center; Westside Community Center; Montezuma Elementary; and Young Children’s Health Center graduating 256 youth. EFNEP Educators on FSNEP Youth Funding: Edward Gonzales; Carlos Rey; Acoma, Hawthorne, Montezuma, Mission, Adobe Acres Lavaland, and Christian Duncan, and La Promesa Charter School graduating 712 Elementary youth. Total = 968 youth graduates. FSNEP Volunteers: APS Elementary Teachers: Total volunteer teacher time reported was 571 hours plus an additional non-teacher volunteer time of 362 hours for a total of 933 hours. These hours are in-kind match for the Bernalillo County ICAN FSNEP program. Valued Volunteer time in dollars could be valued at $10.00 per hour equals $9,330. 10,168 FSNEP youth and adults were reached via indirect contacts and one time programming.