Advancing the Practice of Food Stamp Nutrition Education Evaluation: Art and Science

July 30-31, 2003; hosted by the Society for Nutrition Education

Conference Proceedings

• Introduction
• Keynote
• Session 1 - Potential FSNE Outcome Measures
• Session 2 - Automated Web-based Data Collection Systems
• Session 3 - How Program Reporting Systems Can Support Evaluation
• Session 4 - Linking Process Strategies and Outcomes
• Session 5 - Collaborative Research and Developing Process Measures to Support Evaluation of Community Nutrition Education for Low Income Audiences
• Wrap Up—Where Next?

July 30 Sessions

Introduction

Moderator: Sue Foerster, California Nutrition Network

• Jane Voichick, SNE - Welcoming Remarks

• Joanne Guthrie, USDA/ERS - Where We Are and Where We've Been (PDF)

• Sue Foerster - State FSNE Leader Survey Results (PDF)

• Carol Olander, USDA/FNS - FSNE Research and Evaluation Program Priorities (PDF)

• Anna Mae Kobbe, USDA/NIFA - Building Partnerships in the FSNE Process

Keynote

Moderator: Susan Nitzke, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Isobel Contento, Teachers College, Columbia University - Outcome Measures for Nutrition Education with Low-Income Families - State of the Art (PDF)

Session 1 - Potential FSNE Outcome Measures

Moderator: Carol Olander

Objective: Gain greater collective understanding of outcome measures
Process: Guided discussion, including examples of outcome measures
Output: List of potential outcome measures

Session 2 - Automated Web-based Data Collection Systems

Moderator: Joanne Guthrie

• Parke Wilde, USDA/ERS - Potential Applications for FSNE

• Jennifer Gregson, Public Health Institute, CA Dept. of Health Services, Cancer Prevention & Nutrition Section - Online Tobacco Information System (OTIS) (PDF)

• Todd Heinrich, Research Triangle Institute International - Web-based Approaches to Collecting Nutrition Data in Schools (PDF)
  

Objective: Develop understanding of data collection systems, their challenges and opportunities
Process: Stand-alone computer stations with demonstrations of some examples of web-based data collection systems, participants free to browse stations
Output: Identification of systems in development or in place that could be adapted for State use in FSNE

July 31 Session

Session 3 - How Program Reporting Systems Can Support Evaluation

Moderator: Sue Foerster

• Judy Wilson, USDA/FNS - FNS Reporting Form (PDF)

• Helen Chipman, USDA/NIFA - Logic Model (PDF)

• Sue Foerster, California Dept. of Health Services - Nutrition Network Reporting (PDF)

• Ellen Taylor-Powell, University of Wisconsin-Extension - Discussion of Evaluation (PDF)

Session 4 - Linking Process Strategies and Outcomes

Moderator: Eileen Stommes, USDA/ERS

• Sue Butkus, Washington State University - Washington State Strategy (PDF)

• Casey Hannan, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control - CDC Continuous Development of Health and Nutrition Measurements: Opportunities for State Involvement (PDF)

• Bo Beaulieu, Southern Rural Development Center - University Research Centers and Their Role in Collaborative Research (PDF)

• Karen Peterson, Harvard School of Public Health - CDC Prevention Research Centers and Their Role in Collaborative Research (PDF)

Session 5 - Collaborative Research and Developing Process Measures to Support Evaluation of Community Nutrition Education for Low Income Audiences

Moderator: Helen Chipman

Objective: Develop approaches to partnership building for research and evaluation
Process: Brainstorm program reporting requirements and linkages to research partners
Output: List of potential items to include in reports, suggested list of core elements for national use, optional state/regional elements. Most productive partnerships, why, how to encourage effective partnerships

• Example of a regional report: Mountain Plains Regional Report, 2002 (PDF)

Wrap Up - Where Next?

• Sue Foerster

• Helen Chipman (PDF)

• Carol Olander

• Joanne Guthrie (PDF)

• Jane Voichick (PDF)

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