S. Shankar|Ann C. Klassen|Elizabeth Garrett?Mayer|Peter S. Houts|Tao Wang|Michael T. McCarthy|Rebecca Cain|L. Zhang
Evaluation of a nutrition education intervention for women residents of Washington, DC, public housing communities
Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University
designed implemented evaluated educational intervention increase fruit vegetable consumption among urban africanamerican women women aged 2050 years n212 11 public housing communities participated seven 90min classes professional nutritionist prospective pre posttest design 4month followup assessed relationship attendance dietary change using three 24hour recalls per time point mean change average daily dietary values fruits vegetables calories percent calories fat posttest versus pretest followup versus pretest compared class attendance evaluate impact class attendance dietary change attendance varied zero 35 five seven classes 42 baseline dietary recalls showed average daily consumption 305 servings fruits vegetables 2416 calories 358 calories fat improvements fruit vegetable consumption statistically significant decreases total calories percent calories fat seen endpoints women attending five seven classes greatest dietary improvements averaging posttest followup respectively 2462 3245 fewer calories 308 297 fewer calories fat results suggest residents lowresource communities small group interventions popular effective vehicles nutrition education