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Innovative SNAP-Ed Activities to Promote Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Prevent Obesity

Monday, November 2, 2015: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Roundtable
The goal of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) is to improve the likelihood that persons eligible for SNAP will make healthy choices within a limited budget and choose active lifestyles consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPlate. The focus of SNAP-Ed is health promotion and prevention of nutrition-related chronic diseases by supporting the adoption of healthy eating habits and physically active lifestyles by low-income audiences. While historically a program centered on direct-education of nutrition messages, recent changes in SNAP-Ed program guidance have highlighted the importance, and mandated the use of complementary and comprehensive evidence-based approaches to address policies, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes for healthy eating and active living. This roundtable session will provide participants with an opportunity to have an in depth discussion about the impact and effectiveness of a variety of direct education and PSE efforts related to SNAP-Ed programming and explore implications of efforts to field of public health.
Session Objectives: Describe at least 2 direct education and policy, systems, and environmental approaches related to SNAP-Ed programming. Discuss the implications of direct education and policy, systems, and environmental changes within the realms of nutrition education program delivery.
Organizer:
Amber Canto, MPH, RDN
Moderators:
Amber Canto, MPH, RDN and Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS

Table 1
Direct Education Meets Policy, Systems and Environmental Change: A Unique Statewide Approach To Deliver SNAP-Ed   
Michele Polacsek, PhD, MHS, Pamela Bruno, MPH, Kira Rodriguez, MHS, Joan Ingram, MPH and Patricia Dushuttle, MA
Table 2
Adopting Healthy Habits: Nutrition educators expand roles to include policy, systems, and environmental change   
Tisa Hill, MPH and Jamie Dollahite, PhD
  
Table 3
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) activities to increase the accessibility of fruits and vegetables: Faith-based organizations   
Hannah Husby, MPH, Michael Prelip, MPH, DPA, May C. Wang, DrPH, Emily Caesar, MPH, MSW, Linghui Jiang, MD, MPH, Barbara Murphy, MA, Jack Thompson, MPH, Tanishia Wright, Dipa Shah-Patel, MPH, RD, Katherine Rolfsmeyer, MPH, Brenda Robles, MPH and Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS
  
Table 4
Assessing the Impact of SNAP-Ed Services on Health Behavior of Low-income Residents in Los Angeles County   
Katherine Rolfsmeyer, MPH, Mirna Ponce, MPH, MA, Emily Caesar, MPH, MSW, Jack Thompson, MPH, Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS, Brenda Robles, MPH and Lisa Arangua, MPP
Table 5
Positive impact of a nutrition education program for low-income adults on food resource management skills and self-efficacy   
Jennifer Pooler, MPP, Ruth Morgan, MPH and Karen Wong, MHS
Table 6
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) activities to increase the accessibility of fruits and vegetables: Small grocery stores   
Jack Thompson, MPH, Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS, Michael Prelip, MPH, DPA, Jacob Beckerman, BS, Emily Caesar, MPH, MSW, Hannah Husby, MPH, Brenda Smith, Dipa Shah-Patel, MPH, RD, Brenda Robles, MPH, Katherine Rolfsmeyer, MPH, Amy Wang, BA, May C. Wang, DrPH and Fatinah Darwish, MPH, RD
Table 7
Impact of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) healthy food retail in-store nutrition education and marketing   
Sallie Yoshida, DrPH, RD, Morgan Pareja, MPH, Mariah Lafleur, MPH, Jack Thompson, MPH, Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS, Emily Caesar, MPH, MSW, Brenda Smith, Dipa Shah-Patel, MPH, RD, Brenda Robles, MPH and Katherine Rolfsmeyer, MPH

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Organized by: Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by: Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Black Caucus of Health Workers, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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