Impact Study of Minnesota SNAP-Ed Health and Nutrition Education Programs

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Child; Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies! delayed; Behavioral: Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies!

• Registration Number: NCT01918020
• Lead Sponsor: University of Minnesota

Brief Summary

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed) is a national initiative with the goal of improving the health and wellbeing of low income families. University of Minnesota Extension every year offers nearly 4000 educational events, serving approximately 70,000 Minnesotans through the program. Extension is conducting an impact study to determine program effectiveness and assess sustained changes of participants and their families that can be directly attributed to programming on a larger and methodically sound scale.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-09
• Study First Submitted: 2013-07-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-08-05
• Study First Posted: 2013-08-07
• Primary Completion: 2013-11
• Study Completion: 2013-12
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-10-30
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 796

Inclusion Criteria

• Third grade elementary students
• Schools that are eligible for SNAP ED funding (have more than 50% students received free/reduced lunch)

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Exclusion Criteria

• Other grade elementary students
• Schools that are not eligible for SNAP ED funding

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies! delayed	Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies! delayed	This group will only receive nutrition education about 4 months after the experiment starts.
Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies!	Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies!	This group will receive nutrition education to learn about fruits and vegetables and physical activities right from the start of the experiment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess changes in adiposity level among the program participants indicated by BMI measurements.	We will assess BMI in the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 12th month	We assess BMI of participants by using standardized stadiometers and weighing scales to attain weights and heights. Birthdates and sex of program participants were also acquired. Then, using the information of their birthdates, weight and heights, BMI percentile and BMI will be computed and analyzed.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess changes of fruit and vegetable intake and among program participants.	We will measure the changes of fruits and vegetable intakes in the 1st month (baseline), 3rd month, 7th month, and 12th month	We use fruits and vegetables frequency retrospective questions and "A day in the life" survey to assess the fruits and vegetable intake. Composite values of these two measures will decide the levels of changes in intakes.
To assess changes of physical activity levels among program participants.	We will measure the changes of physical activity level in the 1st month (baseline), 3rd month, 7th month, and 12th month	We use Yamax Digiwalker (SW700) pedometer, physical activity questions, and parent proxy surveys to assess the physical activity levels. Composite values of all measures will be computed to determine the levels of change.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Minnesota Extension Center for Family Development; 🇺🇸 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States