Improving the Quality of Data From EFNEP Participants With Low Literacy Skills: A Participant-driven Model

Marilyn S. Townsend; Chutima Ganthavorn; Marisa Neelon; Susan Donohue; Margaret C. Johns

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2013.10.004

Improving the Quality of Data From EFNEP Participants With Low Literacy Skills: A Participant-driven Model

Marilyn S. Townsend, Chutima Ganthavorn, Marisa Neelon, Susan Donohue, Margaret C. Johns

Nutrition

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Abstract

Low literacy skills and poor evaluation tool readability combined with the stresses of the classroom environment create a high cognitive load for Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) participants, resulting in lower quality data. The authors advocate for 9 strategies for improving the participant cognitive load for the evaluation process using the EFNEP Family Record as an example.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	309-314
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume	46
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2013.10.004
State	Published - 2014

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Keywords

Cognitive load
EFNEP
Enrollment form
Evaluation
Low literacy
Low-income

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Nutrition and Dietetics

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Townsend, M. S., Ganthavorn, C., Neelon, M., Donohue, S., & Johns, M. C. (2014). Improving the Quality of Data From EFNEP Participants With Low Literacy Skills: A Participant-driven Model. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 46(4), 309-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2013.10.004

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