PSE Approaches to Expand Reach in SNAP-Ed Programming

Auguste, Kendra; Garcia, Elder; Headrick, Lauren; Shelnutt, Karla P.

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2017.05.171

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“…Principal survey data suggests that ERP involvement though delivering SNAP-Ed funded nutrition education in the classroom was closely linked to implementation of BIC and CAB breakfast models. This finding provides support for collaborating with SNAP-Ed agencies for promoting breakfast participation and reducing food insecurity in students and families (39)(40)(41). Recent findings show that more states are planning to use more policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) approaches in their SNAP-Ed programs to maximize the public health impact of this provision, highlighting opportunities for future research (39).…”

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Key determinants to school breakfast program implementation in Philadelphia public schools: Implications for the role of SNAP-Ed

Fornaro

McCrossan

Hawes

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundPolicies addressing food insecurity are only effective if they are implemented successfully, serving those most at risk. Universal school meals provide a key intervention to schools that serve predominantly low-income families by providing free school breakfast and lunch to all. Unfortunately, low uptake of such provisions among students is concerning especially regarding school breakfast, warranting key implementation support for schools to ensure student nutrition needs are met. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the determinants of implementing two different school breakfast programs and pragmatic strategies for serving breakfast in ways that maximize student participation.MethodsA qualitative study was conducted between 2018 and 2020 within the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) comprising surveys, interviews, and observations to assess contextual determinants of two distinctive breakfast models: Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) and Cafeteria after the Bell (CAB). Principals and lead kitchen staff completed surveys to assess determinants of breakfast model adoption. Principals, lead kitchen staff, classroom teachers, climate (i.e., social emotional wellbeing), and facilities staff subsequently participated in interviews to discuss implementation determinants (i.e., facilitators and challenges) and strategies for maximizing student participation. Observations provided rich data to triangulate interviews and survey data. Survey data were analyzed using frequency analysis, and observation and interview data were analyzed through thematic analysis. Presentation of themes was framed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.ResultsResults highlighted several positive determinants to participation including addressing student and family needs, making data-informed decisions, and providing hot meals and fruit based on student tastes. Negative determinants to implementation comprised challenges to SNAP-Ed-funded policy changes to promote student breakfast participation, lack of communication between administration, and staff and turnover among food service staff. Strategies included modifying school entrance procedures and combining breakfast with other education-related tasks to minimize instructional time lost through breakfast after the bell schedules.DiscussionData highlight the need to include implementation partner expertise when designing interventions for increasing reach and effectiveness of school meal programs. Future research that directly tests implementation strategies and key outcomes of reach/participation, among others, is critical to bridging the policy to practice gap in school nutrition programs.

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Key determinants to school breakfast program implementation in Philadelphia public schools: Implications for the role of SNAP-Ed

Fornaro

McCrossan

Hawes

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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Health in All Policies: Working Across Sectors in Cooperative Extension to Promote Health for All

Walsh

John

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A Health in All Policies approach engages cross-sector stakeholders to collaboratively improve systems that drive population health. We, the members of the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP)’s Health in All Policies Action Team, propose that adopting a Health in All Policies approach within the national Cooperative Extension System will better prepare us to contribute meaningfully to improving the nation’s health. We first explain the Health in All Policies approach and argue for why and how it is relevant for Extension. We then present insights gathered from Extension Family and Consumer Sciences program leaders and state specialists to assess whether national and state leadership are poised to adopt a Health in All Policies approach within their affiliated programs. Although participant leaders saw the value of the approach in contributing to population health improvement, they generally saw the Extension system as having lower levels of readiness to adopt such an approach. Six themes emerged as ways to increase Extension’s engagement in Health in All Policies: a paradigm shift within Extension, professional development of competencies, transformational leaders and leadership support, continued and new partnerships, information access for all levels and disciplines of Extension.

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PSE Approaches to Expand Reach in SNAP-Ed Programming

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Key determinants to school breakfast program implementation in Philadelphia public schools: Implications for the role of SNAP-Ed

Key determinants to school breakfast program implementation in Philadelphia public schools: Implications for the role of SNAP-Ed

Health in All Policies: Working Across Sectors in Cooperative Extension to Promote Health for All

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