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Establishing a Research Base for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
Author(s) -
Scholl Jan,
Paster Amy,
Jankowski Brianne
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-3934.2010.02066.x
Subject(s) - nutrition education , curriculum , medical education , categorization , qualitative research , medicine , gerontology , computer science , psychology , pedagogy , sociology , social science , artificial intelligence
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify and categorize the research representing the first 40 years (1969–2009) of the Expanded Foods and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). The program that is part of the Cooperative Extension Service was developed to help low‐income individuals learn about nutrition and enable them to prepare healthy meals for their families. Five hundred and fifty (550) studies about the EFNEP program clientele, curricula, and staff were found. The topics that occurred most often in the studies were diet, knowledge and practices (92 studies), and program evaluation (100 studies). Filemaker Pro™ software was used to sort, make comparisons, and serve as a foundation for an on‐line searchable database.