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Practical and Effective:
High Quality Resources for
Nutrition Instruction, Assessment, and Impact Evaluation
The California Healthy Kids Resource Center
www.californiahealthykids.org
Practical and Effective: High Quality Resources for Nutrition
Instruction,Assessment, and Impact Evaluation Introducing the Panel
Moderator:
Deborah Wood, California Healthy Kids Resource Center
Panelists: • Jackie Russum, California Healthy
Kids Resource Center• Chris Boynton, Hayward Unified
School District• Robin Sinks, Long Beach Unified
School District• Dorothy Tule, Santa Clara Department
of Public Health
Nutrition Network LIAs - Assessment of PreK through Grade 12 Nutrition Instructional
Material Use, Development, and Needs
• Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute - Nancy Brown, Ph.D.
• Target sample - 81 2001-02 LIAs
• 62 returned (76.5%)
• Representing each of the 12 regions
Demographics
• Latino 47%
• Caucasian 16%
• Asian American 15%
• African American 10%
• Native American 25%
• Other 5%
• Low-Income 78%
• English L.L. 34%
• Special Needs 14%
• Immigrant 7%
• Migrant18%
• Pregnant Teens 5%
PreK - 12th Grade Instruction
• Nutrition Learning Objectives - 21 - 27%
• Percent of students
PreK 59%
K - 3 76%
4 - 6 74%
6 - 8 62%
9 -12 53% • Teams Selected and
Developed Nutrition Education Materials
Classes Taught by
19 - 43% Classroom Teacher
14 - 16% Dietician
4 - 17% Health Teacher
5 - 12% School Food Service
2 - 13% P.E. Teacher
PreK - 12th Grade Instruction
Material Selection and Use:
76% Used Criteria
78% Nutrition Network Guidelines
42% Nutrition Competencies
40% Health Framework
15% National Standards
• 68 different nutrition instructional materials
• Top three published materials used for instruction - 5 a Day Power Play, Healthy Choices, Healthy Me!, JumpStart Teens
• >50% used materials for other grade levels than designed
• 52% were satisfied with materials
Instructional Materials Developed by Network LIAs
• 25 Materials were developed and submitted by LIAs
• Reasons for development:
- Not topic specific
- Did not include appropriate teaching methods
- Not engaging
• 72% Developed by Teams
• 76% Used criteria for development
• 92% Satisfied
Materials and Resources NeededInstructional:
• 76% Parent and home linked lessons
• 74% Lessons integrating nutrition education with other subjects
• 74% Materials to assess student learning
Technical Assistance
and Training:
• 57% Integrating nutrition education with other subjects
• 43% Linking to standards
• 43% Creating cafeteria- linked lessons
Evaluation of Nutrition InstructionAssessment
77% Evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition
instruction
83% Knowledge
73% Behavior
67% Attitude
39% Skill
Participation in Standardized Health-Related Surveys
• 42% Participate in health-related surveys
• 30% Participate in the CHKS
• 17% FitnessGram
Recommendations
Advisory Committee• 9 Recommendations
• Training on integration of nutrition education and links to standards
• Training on assessing student skill acquisition
• Create processes to develop and modify materials to meet LIAs’ needs based on criteria
• Strategies to evaluate program impact
Integration of Nutrition Education with Other Subjects
Chris Boynton
Hayward Unified
School District
Assessment of Student Learning
Robin Sinks
Long Beach Unified
School District
Impact Evaluation
Dorothy Tule
Santa Clara
Public Health
Department
Questions?
Thank you!
California Healthy Kids Resource Center
313 W. Winton Ave., Room 176
Hayward, CA 94544
510-670-4583
www.californiahealthykids.org