“Activity & Eating”: An Interactive Adult Nutrition Education Program

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disadvantages, and motivations for taking an on-line nutri-tion class. Written survey questions were also used for de-mographics and current Internet usage. To recruitparticipants, invitations were sent by the SNAP office to800 randomly selected SNAP recipients in KlamathCounty, OR. The first 40 people who responded to the in-vitation were assigned to 4 focus groups.Outcome Measures and Analysis: Thirty-nine adultsparticipated. Data from written surveys were collated;oral responses were taped, transcribed, and reviewed by re-searchers for themes.Results: Sixty-four percent used the Internet at leastweekly; 25% used it for on-line classes. Most (90%) re-ported interest in taking an on-line class. Themes elicitedfrom the focus groups included (1) approach the topic ofnutrition from a less scholastic framework; (2) ensure in-formation is relevant at the moment, ie, grocery store salesor ‘‘end of the month’’ recipes; and (3) include features thatallow for interactivity such as chats and recipe ratings.Conclusions and Implications: On-line tools may in-crease access to nutrition education for select limited-re-source groups. When using the Internet, educators needto address access, marketing, relevance, and interactivity.This project is funded by OSU College of Health andHuman Sciences Extension Research Grant.

O31 ‘‘Activity & Eating’’: An Interactive AdultNutrition Education ProgramTrina Robertson, MS, RD, trinar@dairycouncilofca.org, DairyCouncil of California, 2151 Michelson Drive, Suite 235,Irvine, CA 92612; Yue Liao, MPH, CHP, yueliao@usc.edu,Institute for Health Promotion and Disease PreventionResearch, University of Southern California, 1000 SouthFremont Avenue, Unit 8 Building 5, Room 5229,Alhambra, CA 91803; Genevieve Fridlund Dunton, PhD,MPH, dunton@usc.edu, Department of PreventiveMedicine, University of Southern California, CA

Objective: This presentation will describe the DairyCouncil of California’s adult nutrition education program,called ‘‘Activity & Eating’’ (A&E). Process and outcomeevaluation data will also be reported.Use of Theory or Research: The A&E program is basedon social cognitive theory, utilizing self-monitoring,goal-setting, and reinforcement activities to increaseself-efficacy to engage in healthy weight-related behav-iors.Target Audience: The program is designed for adults.Materials are available in English and Spanish.Description: The A&E program consists of an 8-page in-teractive booklet with information about health benefits,dietary and physical activity recommendations, tips forovercoming barriers, self-assessments and behavioralcharting, and goal-setting activities. The A&E booklet canbe accompanied by an optional 45-minute interactivelesson.Evaluation: Adults (75% Latino, 56% annual income< $25,000) recruited from school employee wellness

programs, preschool parent education classes, and anadult education program were assigned to the Activity& Eating program (n ¼ 203) or control (n ¼ 176) condi-tion according to recruitment site or class. Dietary be-haviors, physical activity, height, and weight wereassessed through self-report pre- and postsurveys. After1 month, half of the program participants had read75% to 100% of the booklet. A greater percentage ofthe program group increased strenuous exercise thanthe control group (P < .05). The program also hadpositive but nonsignificant effects on dairy and fruit/vegetable consumption.Conclusions and Implications: Evaluation results sug-gest that the Dairy Council of California’s A&E nutritioneducation program may improve nutrition and physicalactivity behaviors in low- to middle-income, ethnically di-verse adults. This project was funded by Dairy Council ofCalifornia.