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Evaluating The Implementation Of The Centrally Procured School Food Program (Cpsfp) In Southwestern Ontario Elementary Schools, Mariam R. Ismail
Evaluating The Implementation Of The Centrally Procured School Food Program (Cpsfp) In Southwestern Ontario Elementary Schools, Mariam R. Ismail
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School food programs can improve children’s health and well-being, while also creating economic opportunities for local food systems. Program evaluations of such interventions have always been done, but from the perspectives of their effectiveness. Yet, few have thoroughly examined the process or implementation practices of these interventions. The aim of this dissertation was to evaluate the implementation of the Centrally Procured School Food Program (CPSFP), a procurement and delivery-based school food program in Southwestern Ontario, that aims to improve elementary school-aged children’s intake of fruit and vegetables (FVs). Canada remains one of the few industrialized nations without a national school …