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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Obesity; Child
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies!; Behavioral: Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies! delayed

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 796
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Minnesota
    • Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, 55108
      • University of Minnesota Extension Center for Family Development

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 8 years to 9 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 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.	Behavioral: Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies!; Fruits and Vegetables
Other: Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies! delayed; This group will only receive nutrition education about 4 months after the experiment starts.	Behavioral: Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies! delayed; Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies! delayed

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
To assess changes in adiposity level among the program participants indicated by BMI measurements.	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.	We will assess BMI in the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 12th month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
To assess changes of fruit and vegetable intake and among program participants.	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.	We will measure the changes of fruits and vegetable intakes in the 1st month (baseline), 3rd month, 7th month, and 12th month
To assess changes of physical activity levels among program participants.	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.	We will measure the changes of physical activity level in the 1st month (baseline), 3rd month, 7th month, and 12th month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Minnesota
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: G. Ali Hurtado, Doctorate, University of Minnesota Extension Center for Family Development

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 26, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 5, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): August 7, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 1, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 30, 2019
• Last Verified: October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Motor Activity; Fruit; Vegetables
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1206S15445