Simone Pettigrew|Sarah Moore|Iain S Pratt|Michelle Jongenelis
Evaluation outcomes of a long-running adult nutrition education programme
Curtin University|Cancer Council Western Australia|Cancer Council Western Australia|Curtin University
20 years foodcents adult nutrition education programme delivered western australians aim programme provide disadvantaged individuals knowledge skills motivation buy healthy foods limited budget present study evaluated whether foodcents curriculum way delivered effective improving participants nutritionrelated knowledge behavioursevaluation data collected via insession prepost questionnaires postcourse online questionnairewestern australiadata collected participants attending onehalf 54 foodcents courses conducted twoyear evaluation period total 927 course participants provided usable dataafter exposure course respondents demonstrated improved ability categorize foods according frequency consumed proportion food budget allocated ii correctly interpret nutrition labels food products iii appreciate link dietobesity range diseases improvements latter especially pronounced among participants low socioeconomic status terms behaviour change significant improvements fruit vegetable consumption reported along reductions consumption fast food participants low socioeconomic status reported greatest changesthe results indicate foodcents nutrition education programme improves participants nutritionrelated knowledge behaviours