Harvest for Healthy Kids Pilot Study: Associations between Exposure to a Farm-to-Preschool Intervention and Willingness to Try and Liking of Target Fruits and Vegetables among Low-Income Children in Head Start

2015 ◽  
Vol 115 (12) ◽  
pp. 2003-2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty T. Izumi ◽  
Cara L. Eckhardt ◽  
Jennifer A. Hallman ◽  
Katherine Herro ◽  
Dawn A. Barberis
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Preschool Intervention ◽  
Low Income Children

Head Start: Making a Popular Program Work

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-441
Author(s):  
DOUGLAS J. BESHAROV ◽  
TERRY W. HARTLE
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Annual Cost ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
Low Income Children ◽  
Poor Children

Head Start, the federal government's preschool program for low-income children, is one of the nation's most popular domestic initiatives. In 1980, President Carter praised it as "a program that works." President Reagan included Head Start in the "safety net" and has presided over a substantial funding increase. Head Start began in 1965 as a 6-week summer experiment in using child development services to improve the future prospects of disadvantaged children. It quickly became a full year program. Now, 20 years old, it serves about 450,000 children, at an annual cost of more than $1 billion. The program's popularity is based on the widespread impression that it lifts poor children out of poverty by improving their learning ability and school performance.

Farm-to-school education grants reach low-income children and encourage them to learn about fruits and vegetables

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 910-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline B Rains ◽  
Kristen C Giombi ◽  
Anupama Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
School Education ◽  
Farm To School ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Low Income Children ◽  
Grant Program

Oregon’s Farm to School Education Grant Program reached students in low-income districts, enabled districts to conduct farm to school educational activities, and allowed children to learn about local produce.

Does the CATCH Early Childhood Program Increase Physical Activity Among Low-Income Preschoolers?—Results From a Pilot Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ru-Jye Chuang ◽  
Shreela V. Sharma ◽  
Cheryl Perry ◽  
Pamela Diamond
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Low Income Children ◽  
School Year ◽  
Observation Method

Purpose: To explore whether the physical activity (PA) component of the Coordinated Approach to Child Health Early Childhood (CATCH EC) program helps increasing preschoolers’ PA during active times at preschool. Design: Nonrandomized controlled experimental study. Setting: Head Start centers in Houston, Texas, 2009 to 2010 school year. Participants: A total of 439 preschoolers aged 3 to 5 years (3 intervention centers, n = 220; 3 comparison centers, n = 219). Intervention: The CATCH EC preschool-based teacher-led nutrition and PA program. Measures: Preschoolers’ PA was measured at baseline and postintervention using the System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time–Preschool version, a direct observation method measuring PA at the classroom level. Parent surveys provided demographic data. Analysis: Pre-to-post changes in preschoolers’ PA were examined using the Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Results show a significant decrease in the percentage time preschoolers spent in level 2 PA (low activity) at intervention ( P = .005) and comparison ( P = .041) centers. Indoor vigorous activity increased significantly on an average by +6.04% pre-to-post intervention among preschoolers in the intervention group ( P = .049); no significant change was found in the comparison group. Conclusion: The CATCH EC favorably increased indoor vigorous PA level among low-income children attending Head Start.

scholarly journals The effect of a fresh produce incentive paired with cooking and nutrition education on healthy eating in low-income households: a pilot study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Angela R Fertig ◽  
Xuyang Tang ◽  
Heather M Dahlen
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Financial Incentive ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Control Group

Abstract Objective: This study pilot-tested combining financial incentives to purchase fruits and vegetables with nutrition education focused on cooking to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables and improve attitudes around healthy eating on a budget among low-income adults. The goal of the pilot study was to examine implementation feasibility and fidelity, acceptability of the intervention components by participants and effectiveness. Design: The study design was a pre-post individual-level comparison without a control group. The pilot intervention included two components, a scan card providing free produce up to a weekly maximum dollar amount for use over a 2-month period, and two sessions of tailored nutrition and cooking education. Outcomes included self-reported attitudes about healthy eating and daily fruit and vegetable consumption from one 24-h dietary recall collected before and after the intervention. Setting: Greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area in Minnesota. Participants: Adults (n 120) were recruited from five community food pantries. Results: Findings indicated that the financial incentive component of the intervention was highly feasible and acceptable to participants, but attendance at the nutrition education sessions was moderate. Participants had a statistically significant increase in the consumption of fruit, from an average of 1·00 cup/d to 1·78 cups/d (P < 0·001), but no significant change in vegetable consumption or attitudes with respect to their ability to put together a healthy meal. Conclusions: While combining financial incentives with nutrition education appears to be acceptable to low-income adult participants, barriers to attend nutrition education sessions need to be addressed in future research.

scholarly journals Improving Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Children Through Use of Characters

Health Equity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-90
Author(s):  
Caree J. Cotwright ◽  
Courtney Alvis ◽  
Fabiola de Jesus Jimenez ◽  
Paula Farmer ◽  
Chisom Okoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Low Income Children

scholarly journals Are Content-Specific Curricula Differentially Effective in Head Start or State Prekindergarten Classrooms?

AERA Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 233285841878428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tutrang Nguyen ◽  
Jade Marcus Jenkins ◽  
Anamarie Auger Whitaker
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
School Readiness ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Preschool Program ◽  
Low Income Children ◽  
Content Domain ◽  
Classroom Processes

Head Start and state prekindergarten (pre-K) programs can boost the school readiness of low-income children through the use of effective preschool curricula. Encouraging results from some studies suggest that children who receive targeted or content-specific curricular supplements (e.g., literacy or math) during preschool show moderate to large improvements in that targeted content domain, but recent research also suggests differences in children’s school readiness among different preschool program settings. We examine whether children in Head Start or public pre-K classrooms differentially benefit from the use of randomly assigned classroom curricula targeting specific academic domains. Our results indicate that children in both Head Start and public pre-K classrooms benefit from targeted, content-specific curricula. Future research is needed to examine the specific mechanisms and classroom processes through which curricula help improve children’s outcomes.

scholarly journals Long-Term Effects of Head Start on Low-Income Children

2008 ◽  
Vol 1136 (1) ◽  
pp. 257-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Ludwig ◽  
Deborah A. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Low Income Children
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