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Can Children’S Museums Deliver Effective Health Outreach?: Evaluation Results Of The Healthworks! Be A Food Groupie Program For Elementary Students, Kathleen Ragsdale, Ginger Cross
Can Children’S Museums Deliver Effective Health Outreach?: Evaluation Results Of The Healthworks! Be A Food Groupie Program For Elementary Students, Kathleen Ragsdale, Ginger Cross
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice
Objectives: We evaluated the Be A Food Groupie (BAFG) program’s impact on health/nutrition knowledge among elementary students who received BAFG at HealthWorks! children’s museum.
Methods: In 2012-2013, we conducted a matched comparison evaluation using pre-/post-tests among 446 intervention and 524 comparison students (N = 970) in Grades 3-5 recruited from 11 Mississippi schools to determine whether BAFG improved health/nutrition knowledge across three domains: 1) comprehending food labels, 2) understanding serving sizes, 3) understanding food groups.
Results: After controlling for pre-test scores, ANCOVA results indicate that intervention students scored significantly higher on the post-test across all three domains and across all …