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Mobile food pantry

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The Development, Evaluation, And Pilot-Test Of A Nutrition Education Tool Kit At A Mobile Food Pantry In Virginia., Caitlin Swanson May 2022

The Development, Evaluation, And Pilot-Test Of A Nutrition Education Tool Kit At A Mobile Food Pantry In Virginia., Caitlin Swanson

Masters Theses, 2020-current

Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop, test and evaluate a nutrition education tool kit at a mobile food pantry (MFP) in rural Virginia.

Design: Cross-sectional, mixed methods approach using both quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate the effectiveness of a tool kit training at increasing participant self-efficacy, basic nutrition knowledge and perceived readiness to conduct a nutrition lesson with MFP guests. The ability for participants to translate the training into practice was also observed and documented.

Setting: Pilot tested on March 11th 2020 at the Timberville Blue Ridge Area Food Bank MFP site.

Participants …