Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Offerings to Somali Children

Abstract

The FAV-S study was feasible and acceptable, and it demonstrated potential for increasing fruit and vegetable servings and consumption among Somali children. A larger-scale randomized trial is needed to assess the impact of this intervention.

The FAV-S Pilot Study

“…The feasibility and acceptability of the FAV-S pilot study were assessed previously (Hearst, Kehm, Sherman, & Lechner, 2014). The purpose of this analysis is to determine the effect of the intervention on (1) participants' self-efficacy in ability to serve more fruits and vegetables to their families, (2) participants' knowledge and beliefs about healthy eating, and (3) participants' perceived barriers to accessing healthy foods.…”

Critical review of behaviour change techniques applied in intervention studies to improve cooking skills and food skills among adults

“…Overall, 24 interventions included mainly practical cooking sessions to develop cooking skills and 35 interventions focused on wider food skills issues, to include promoting nutritional knowledge, accessing healthy ingredients, and budgeting as a means to change dietary behavior with some cooking skills teaching. Of the 59 interventions included in this study, 31 were conducted in the United States (McMurry et al, 1991;Auld and Fulton, 1995;Hermann et al, 2000;Levy and Auld, 2004;Brown and Hermann, 2005;Chapman-Novakofski and Karduck, 2005;Newman et al, 2005;Woodson et al, 2005;Lacey, 2007;Shankar et al, 2007;Swindle et al, 2007;Clifford et al, 2009;Brown and Richards, 2010;Condrasky et al, 2010;Hanson et al, 2011;Wunderlich et al, 2011;Archuleta et al, 2012;Carmody et al, 2012;Francis, 2012;Bielamowicz et al, 2013;Condrasky et al, 2013;Flynn et al, 2013;Rustad and Smith, 2013;Goheer et al, 2014;Hearst et al, 2014;May et al, 2014;Mayfield and Graves, 2014;Peters et al, 2014;Adam et al, 2015;Anderson et al, 2015;Greenlee et al, 2015), 6 in the United Kingdom (McKellar et al, 2007;Wrieden et al, 2007;Kennedy et al, 2008;Davies et al, 2009;Penn et al, 2013;Garcia et al, 2014), 5 in Australia…”

“…With regard to intervention duration, 6 included only 1 session (Jacoby et al, 1994;Lacey, 2007;Brown and Richards, 2010;Condrasky et al, 2013;Mayfield and Graves, 2014;Poelman et al, 2015); 13 interventions ran between 2 and 4 sessions (Ranson, 1995;Foley and Pollard, 1998;Levy and Auld, 2004;Chapman-Novakofski and Karduck, 2005;Clifford et al, 2009;Pluss et al, 2011;Vadstrup et al, 2011;Archuleta et al, 2012;Francis, 2012;Bielamowicz et al, 2013;Rustad and Smith, 2013;Chung and Chung, 2014;Hearst et al, 2014); 17 interventions included 5-7 sessions (McMurry et al, 1991;Auld and Fulton, 1995;Woodson et al, 2005;McKellar et al, 2007;Shankar et al, 2007;Swindle et al, 2007;Wrieden et al, 2007;Condrasky et al, 2010;Hanson et al, 2011;Kitaoka et al, 2013;May et al, 2014;Goheer et al, 2014;Adam et al, 2015;Fahmida et al, 2015;McGorrian et al, 2015;Villarini et al, 2015); 10 interventions included between 8 and 10 sessions (Hermann et al, 2000; Keller et al, 2004; Brown and Hermann, 2005;Kennedy et al, 2008;Wunderlich et al, 2011;…”

“…BCTs were identifiable in all 59 studies; employing between 1 and 11 of the 40 BCTs, though none explicitly reported intervention techniques as "BCTs." Thirteen interventions incorporated less than 4 BCTs (McMurry et al, 1991;Lacey, 2007;Brown and Richards, 2010;Hanson et al, 2011;Pluss et al, 2011;Archuleta et al, 2012;Villarini et al, 2012;Herbert et al, 2014;Adam et al, 2015;Anderson et al, 2015;Hossain et al, 2015;Kwon et al, 2015;Villarini et al, 2015); 21 interventions included 4-6 BCTs (McMurry et al, 1991;Foley and Pollard, 1998;Levy and Auld, 2004;McKellar et al, 2007;Shankar et al, 2007;Swindle et al, 2007;Wrieden et al, 2007;Condrasky et al, 2010;Sorensen et al, 2011;Vadstrup et al, 2011;Wunderlich et al, 2011;Dasgupta et al, 2012;Bielamowicz et al, 2013;Flynn et al, 2013;Kitaoka et al, 2013;Chung and Chung, 2014;Garcia et al, 2014;Hearst et al, 2014;Mayfield and Graves, 2014;McGorrian et al, 2015;Poelman et al, 2015); 21 interventions between 7 and 10 BCTs (Jacoby et al, 1994;Auld and Fulton, 1995;Ranson, 1995;Keller et al, 2004;…”

“…The studies measured behavior change in terms of health outcomes, dietary outcomes, and psychological outcomes. Of the studies, 18 identified short-term behavioral change in relation to health (e.g., reduced cholesterol) (Hermann et al, 2000;McKellar et al, 2007;Pluss et al, 2011;Sorensen et al, 2011;Wunderlich et al, 2011;Archuleta et al, 2012;Balagopal et al, 2012;Carmody et al, 2012;Francis, 2012;Dasgupta et al, 2012;Villarini et al, 2012;Flynn et al, 2013;Penn et al, 2013;Chung and Chung, 2014;Anderson et al, 2015;Fahmida et al, 2015;McGorrian et al, 2015;Poelman et al, 2015), 26 in relation to dietary outcomes (e.g., improved nutritional intake) (Auld and Fulton, 1995;Foley and Pollard, 1998;Hermann et al, 2000;Brown and Hermann, 2005;Newman et al, 2005;McKellar et al, 2007;Shankar et al, 2007;Kennedy et al, 2008;Abbott et al, 2010;Hanson et al, 2011;Wunderlich et al, 2011;Archuleta et al, 2012;Balagopal et al, 2012;Carmody et al, 2012;Bielamowicz et al, 2013;Penn et al, 2013;Rustad and Smith, 2013;Garcia et al, 2014;Goheer et al, 2014;Hearst et al, 2014;…”