1. 1. Improving Availability of Mechanisms for Purchasing Food From Farms in Communities By: Evan Fritz, Jamie Keil, and Anna Bohanon
2. 2. Overview & Summary Overview of the Problem Healthy Eating Nutrition Obesity Proposed Solution and Plan Farm to School Program Producer Relations School Community Gardens
3. 3. Background & Need Statement of Need Wisconsin Study Illinois Study Nicholson Study 2013 Further Research Additional Funding Research Reports Grant Projects
4. 4. Title and Specification of Topic Target Population Youth in Schools K-6th Grade Behavior Targeted Healthy Eating Nutrition Education Setting Targeted Elementary Schools United Community School Middle Schools Ames Middle School
5. 5. Socioecological Model
6. 6. Overall Concept Childhood Obesity Increase fruits and vegetable consumption Decrease convenient fatty foods Locally grown foods with less preservatives
7. 7. Logic Model
8. 8. Research Design Longitudinal Design Pre-implementation evaluation Post-implementation evaluation
9. 9. Measures Equipment Usage Attendance Fostering Change Stakeholder Engagement
10. 10. Analyses To conceptually evaluate the program: 1. Take readings of how many servings of fruits and vegetables students are consuming before the garden was made available to the school 2. Take readings of how many servings are consumed by students after the garden is made available Readings will be taken through anonymous surveys showing the rate of fruit and vegetable consumption Program will be evaluated and recorded each year Evaluation will carry out for span of five years to see the change in students fruit and vegetable consumption.
11. 11. Questions? Please email Evan Fritz at: eafritz@iaastate.edu
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