Michael P Burke1, Stacy Gleason2, Anita Singh3, Margaret K Wilkin4. 1. Food and Nutrition Service, US Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, VA. Electronic address: Michael.Burke@usda.gov. 2. Insight Policy Research, Arlington, VA. 3. Food and Nutrition Service, US Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, VA. 4. Center for Women's Health, Altarum, Ann Arbor, MI.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To categorize and quantify how states planned to use policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change strategies in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed). METHODS: Qualitative content analysis of SNAP-Ed annual plans from all 50 states, District of Columbia, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands between fiscal years 2014 and 2016. RESULTS: Between 2014 and 2016, the percentage of states that included PSEs as a statewide goal increased from 25% to 47%, and the percentage that planned to implement at least 1 PSE increased from 56% to 98%. Among states that planned to implement PSEs in 2016, the 3 most common settings were places in which people learn (92%), live (90%), and work (83%). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The increased planned use of PSEs in SNAP-Ed was considerable and encouraging as PSEs are important to use in conjunction with direct education and social marketing to improve nutrition and prevent obesity. Published by Elsevier Inc.
OBJECTIVE: To categorize and quantify how states planned to use policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change strategies in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed). METHODS: Qualitative content analysis of SNAP-Ed annual plans from all 50 states, District of Columbia, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands between fiscal years 2014 and 2016. RESULTS: Between 2014 and 2016, the percentage of states that included PSEs as a statewide goal increased from 25% to 47%, and the percentage that planned to implement at least 1 PSE increased from 56% to 98%. Among states that planned to implement PSEs in 2016, the 3 most common settings were places in which people learn (92%), live (90%), and work (83%). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The increased planned use of PSEs in SNAP-Ed was considerable and encouraging as PSEs are important to use in conjunction with direct education and social marketing to improve nutrition and prevent obesity. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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SNAP; SNAP-Ed; environmental strategies; nutrition education; policy; system