Virtual Delivery of Fresh Conversations, a SNAP-Ed Program: Participant Perceived Impact and Satisfaction

A Case Study of Nutrition Educators' Perspectives on the Delivery of Virtual Community Nutrition Programming

“…However, educators were also quick to note in interviews that with time and as the population ages, technology comfort related to age may no longer continue to serve as a barrier to reaching older audiences. This is appearing in more recent research that has demonstrated success in offering virtual SNAP-Ed to adults over the age of 60 years (Wong et al, 2022). Outside of older adults, Patricia found that the Hispanic community she worked closely with responded much more positively to her in-person versus virtually.…”

“…Previous scholarship highlighted that extension educators that wish to deliver programs online "should be prepared to use the following key resources: local media production resources, web lesson creation software, and an online data collection system" (Stosich et al, 2016) (Krall et al, 2015;Loehmer et al, 2018;Stotz et al, 2017;Swindle et al, 2014;Walker et al, 2021) and experimental design (Au et al, 2016;Bensley et al, 2011), this study took place during a time primarily focused on taking action to address immediate needs. Recently, more publications have been written that look at this period of rapid shift (Bahl et al, 2020;Gorcyxca et al, 2022;Hohlt, 2022;Saqib et al, 2022;Wong et al, 2022). In Southeastern State Extension, state-level staff and county educators worked both independently and together to create materials in a timely manner based on resources that they had available.…”