Evaluating the Dissemination of the iCook 4-H Program Using Outcome, Process, and Fidelity Measures.
Date of Award
Summer 8-18-2017
Level of Access Assigned by Author
Open-Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Advisor
Adrienne White
Second Committee Member
Susan Sullivan
Third Committee Member
Angela Myracle
Additional Committee Members
Kate Yerxa
Abstract
The iCook 4-H Dissemination Study, conducted in five states, was a control-treatment design to test whether a newly developed program for obesity prevention for youth could be successfully implemented by community leaders with minimal researcher involvement. Community leaders were primarily Cooperative Extension educators. A dyad model was used for youth (control=9.6±0.9 years of age; treatment=9.9±0.6 years of age) and their adult main food preparers (control=38.8±5.7 years of age; treatment=39.4±7.8 years of age). A three-pronged approach to evaluation developed previously for the program was used to measure outcomes, process, and fidelity of the program. The control group, youth (n=63) and adults (n=71), and treatment group youth (n=76) and adults (n=75) completed pre- and post-program surveys. Treatment dyads completed the intervention, eight bi-weekly sessions on program focal areas of cooking, eating, and playing together. Treatment youth significantly increased outcome subscales of cooking skills (P
Recommended Citation
Gould, Tara, "Evaluating the Dissemination of the iCook 4-H Program Using Outcome, Process, and Fidelity Measures." (2017). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2800.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2800