Community Partnership to Address Snack Quality and Cost in After-School Programs

Autor/inn/en	Beets, Michael W.; Tilley, Falon; Turner-McGrievy, Gabrielle; Weaver, Robert G.; Jones, Sonya
Titel	Community Partnership to Address Snack Quality and Cost in After-School Programs
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 84 (2014) 8, S.543-548 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12175
Schlagwörter	After School Programs; Nutrition; Food Standards; Food Service; Partnerships in Education; Retailing; Intervention; Pretests Posttests; Observation; Cost Effectiveness; School Community Programs; Health Promotion; Health Behavior; Purchasing; Expenditures; Program Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Ernährung; Lebensmittelgesetz; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Warenwirtschaft; Beobachtung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Beschaffungswesen; Kauf; Ausgaben
Abstract	Background: Policies call on after-school programs (ASPs) to serve more nutritious snacks. A major barrier for improving snack quality is cost. This study describes the impact on snack quality and expenditures from a community partnership between ASPs and local grocery stores. Methods: Four large-scale ASPs (serving ~500 children, aged 6-12?years, each day) and a single local grocery store chain participated in this study. The nutritional quality of snacks served was recorded preintervention (18?weeks spring/fall 2011) and postintervention (7?weeks spring 2012) via direct observation, along with cost/child/snack/day. Results: Preintervention snacks were low-nutrient-density salty snacks (eg, chips, 3.0 servings/week), sugar-sweetened beverages (eg, powdered-lemonade, 1.9 servings/week), and desserts (eg, cookies, 2.1 servings/week), with only 0.4 servings/week of fruits and no vegetables. By postintervention, fruits (3.5 servings/week) and vegetables (1.2 servings/week) were increased, whereas sugar-sweetened beverages and desserts were eliminated. Snack expenditures were $0.26 versus $0.24 from preintervention to postintervention. Partnership savings versus purchasing snacks at full retail cost was 24.5% or $0.25/serving versus $0.34/serving. Conclusions: This innovative partnership can serve as a model in communities where ASPs seek to identify low-cost alternatives to providing nutritious snacks. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10