Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
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Target Audience:Middle schoolers (6th to 8th graders) were the target audience of the Oregon Sustainable Community Project. For the September 1, 2018- August 31, 2019year, 220total youth participated in the program, The program was delivered at three different sites, two in Benton County, and one in Linn County, Oregon: The Benton County sites were comprised of: 1. "4-H Food + Fun" 4-H Afterschool Club took place at the Linus Pauling Middle School in Corvallis, OR 2. 4-H Physical Activity Program - partnered with Linus Pauling Middle School in Corvallis, OR 3. The Linn County "4-H Food + Fun" in-school club, met at Calapooia Middle School in Albany, OR. The locations are known to have substantial numbers of at-risk, low income, and/or Latino students in Benton and Linn Counties. While the primary target audience was Latino youth, all youth in grades 6-8 were welcomed to participate. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Program Coordinator and Program Evaluator attended the annual CYFAR professional development meeting during June 2019. Multiple webinar sessions were held throughout the year as well with relevant topics. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?For the nutritional education portion of the program, the Project Coordinator provides the participants with recipes to share with their families at home. The recipes are intentionally chosen to be simple with fresh, easy to find ingredients. We also implement inquiry techniques to understand what the participants are interested in learning regarding food and nutrition and physical activity, and then developed programming based on that (e.g., we cook their favorite recipes and make sure that we use healthy ingredients). For the physical activity portion of the program, the Project Coordinator provides the participants with handouts in regard to the activities in which they are participating What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?This is the final reporting period because the grant ended on August 31, 2019.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Pre and post outcome scores were calculated and compared for students who had completed both the pretest and posttest (N = 93 students across the two program sites). On the CYFAR Core Competencies scale, students showed an increase in average score from 3.22 at pre to 3.32 at post. This increase was marginally statistically significant (p=.07, 2-tailed). Since the Core Competencies responses are scaled on a 4-point scale (1-4), the relatively high pretest scores may have reflected the presence of a ceiling effect, which makes the near-significance more impressive. Further, among students who had attended 5 classes or more (N=75), the average score on Core Competencies increased from 3.17 to 3.32, which was indeed a statistically significant increase (p=.007, 2-tailed). The pre to post changes on other CYFAR common measures (Nutrition and Physical Activity) did not approach statistical significance. For students who participated in the project's final class sessions in spring 2019 (N=14), the project's outcome evaluation was expanded by adding a series of questions that reflected the specific content of the lessons, in addition to the CYFAR Common Measures. Several results were noteworthy. First, on a 2-item measure of confidence in public speaking, students' average scores increased almost a half-point on a 4-point scale, from 2.27 to 2.74. This change approached statistical significance (p=.106, 2-tailed), which is impressive given the small sample of 14 youth. Second, on a 9-item scale measuring knowledge of food groups, students' scores increased from an average of 6.57 correct at pre to 7.19 correct at post. This increase also approached statistical significance (p=,103, 2-tailed), which again is impressive given the small sample size of 14.
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Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/19
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Target Audience:Middle schoolers (6th to 8th graders) were the target audience of the Oregon Sustainable Community Project. For the September 1, 2018- August 31, 2019year,220total youth participated in the program, The program was delivered at three different sites, two in Benton County, and one in Linn County, Oregon: The Benton County sites were comprised of: 1. "4-H Food + Fun" 4-H Afterschool Club took place at the Linus Pauling Middle School in Corvallis, OR 2. 4-H Physical Activity Program - partnered with Linus Pauling Middle School in Corvallis, OR 3. The Linn County "4-H Food + Fun" in-school club, met at Calapooia Middle School in Albany, OR. The locations are known to have substantial numbers of at-risk, low income, and/or Latino students in Benton and Linn Counties. While the primary target audience was Latino youth, all youth in grades 6-8 were welcomed to participate. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Program Coordinators and Program Evaluator attended the annual CYFAR professional development meeting for the duration of the grant. Additionally, multiple webinar sessions were held throughout the year with relevant topics. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Throughout the duration of the grant the Project Coordinator provided the participants with recipes to share with their families at home. The recipes were intentionally chosen to be simple with fresh, easy to find ingredients. She also implemented inquiry techniques to understand what the participants wereinterested in learning regarding food and nutrition and physical activity, and then developed programming based on that (e.g., we cooked their favorite recipes and made sure that we used healthy ingredients). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Pre and post outcome scores were calculated and compared for students who had completed both the pretest and posttest (N = 93 students across the two program sites). On the CYFAR Core Competencies scale, students showed an increase in average score from 3.22 at pre to 3.32 at post. This increase was marginally statistically significant (p=.07, 2-tailed). Since the Core Competencies responses are scaled on a 4-point scale (1-4), the relatively high pretest scores may have reflected the presence of a ceiling effect, which makes the near-significance more impressive. Further, among students who had attended 5 classes or more (N=75), the average score on Core Competencies increased from 3.17 to 3.32, which was indeed a statistically significant increase (p=.007, 2-tailed). The pre to post changes on other CYFAR common measures (Nutrition and Physical Activity) did not approach statistical significance. For students who participated in the project's final class sessions in spring 2019 (N=14), the project's outcome evaluation was expanded by adding a series of questions that reflected the specific content of the lessons, in addition to the CYFAR Common Measures. Several results were noteworthy. First, on a 2-item measure of confidence in public speaking, students' average scores increased almost a half-point on a 4-point scale, from 2.27 to 2.74. This change approached statistical significance (p=.106, 2-tailed), which is impressive given the small sample of 14 youth. Second, on a 9-item scale measuring knowledge of food groups, students' scores increased from an average of 6.57 correct at pre to 7.19 correct at post. This increase also approached statistical significance (p=,103, 2-tailed), which again is impressive given the small sample size of 14.
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Progress 09/01/17 to 08/31/18
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Target Audience:Middle schoolers (6th to 8th graders) were the target audience of the Oregon Sustainable Community Project. For the September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018 year, 140 total youth participated in the program, The program was delivered at three different sites, two in Benton County, and one in Linn County, Oregon: The Benton County sites were comprised of: 1. "4-H Food + Fun" 4-H Afterschool Club took place at the Linus Pauling Middle School in Corvallis, OR 2. 4-H Physical Activity Program - partnered with Linus Pauling Middle School in Corvallis, OR 3. The Linn County "4-H Food + Fun" in-school club, met at Calapooia Middle School in Albany, OR. The locations are known to have substantial numbers of at-risk, low income, and/or Latino students in Benton and Linn Counties. While the primary target audience was Latino youth, all youth in grades 6-8 were welcomed to participate. Changes/Problems:The Program Site Coordinator, Lindsay Walker, was hired beginning January 1, 2018 because the former Project Site Coordinator left the position to pursue a different job. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?ProgramCoordinator and Program Evaluator attended the annual CYFAR professional development meeting duringJune 2018. Multiple webinar sessions were held throughout the year as well with relevant topics. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?For the nutritional education portion of the program, the Project Coordinator provides the participants with recipes to share with their families at home.The recipes are intentionally chosen tobesimple with fresh, easy to findingredients. We also implement inquiry techniques to understand what the participants are interested in learning regarding food and nutrition and physical activity, and then developed programming based on that (e.g., we cook their favorite recipes and make sure that we use healthy ingredients). For the physical activity portion of the program, the Project Coordinator provides the participants with handouts in regard to the activities in which they are participating. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will continue to work with the target populations who will not only learn about nutrition and exercise science, but will also increase Youth Development indicators, such as social interaction, self-esteem, and healthy living. We will also continue to incorporate family field trips to several locations around the state that are of interest of the participating youth and families, (e.g., Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Dixon Recreation Center, Innovate Oregon Conference,etc.) During reporting cycle 2018-2019 we will work to involve OSU students with health-focused studies toparticipate in the afterschool club serving as mentors of the youth and helping them in providing lessons on health and nutrition, physical activity and other pertinent healthy living options.
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What was accomplished under these goals?
The Linus Pauling Middle School site had approximately 120 participants, including three physical education (PE) classes and one afterschool club. The PE classes focused on 45-minute experiential learning lessons on physical activity, specifically kinesiology and cardiovascular topics, with an accompanying fun activity. The PE classes completed a series of 10, 1-hour weekly sessions. The classes were generally structured with time to fill out a journal entry, a 5-min lesson or demonstration and then a 25-minute physical activity, complementing the lesson and encouraging teamwork. Mid-way through the sessions, the youth received basic wrist pedometers, which tracked their daily steps. The use of technology allowed the youth to connect better with their physical activity goals, as well as to track their progress in their journals. The afterschool club was called the 4-H Food + Fun Club where about 20 jóvenes (youth) participated regularly in our 15- week program. It began right after school let out on Wednesday afternoons, and the focus was experiential learning lessons in nutrition and cooking. We were able to utilize the kitchenettes at the middle school to enhance the learning experience and advancement of skills. Each week, the youth got time to fill out a journal entry, engaged in a 5-10 minute lesson, and then made a recipe that usually pertained to the lesson. Cooking and trying their food, was by far their favorite part of the club with socializing a close second. All ingredients and most kitchen utensils were provided. The youth gave their input on the topics they wanted to learn as well as recipes they wanted to try. The youth also hosted a family night where they made andserved food to their families and talked about what the program entailed. The youth also attendedtwo field trips; onein June to a strawberry farm and Get Air Trampoline Park and one to the coast in August on a Marine Discovery tour and oyster farm to explore the ocean food system. The Calapooia Middle School site had about 40 participants, including two Foods classes. This in-school program utilized the school's cooking facilities for a 15-week series. The focus was also on experiential learning lessons in nutrition and cooking. . Each week, the youth got time to fill out a journal entry, engaged in a 5-10 minute lesson, and then made a recipe that usually related to the lesson. Cooking and trying their food, was by far their favorite part. All youth participated in a pre-questionnaire and post-questionnaire scripted by our evaluation specialist Marc Braverman, OSU, to capture the information requested from CYFAR as well as data for a formative evaluation. The remainder of the data will be entered and analyzed over the next few months, so the results will inform the future programming for 2018-19. At the final Linus Pauling Afterschool 4-H Food + Fun Club session, the youth gave feedback about something positive about their experience: Hanging with friends Making good recipes together Learning how to make Pita Pizza Learning how to cook Enjoyed eating the food and cooking tacos Liked learning new recipes like pupusas How to cook healthy Realized there is a lot of sugar in soda, chose to drink less Learned not to cut a tomato with a dull knife Had fun at the Family Night Excited to know how to make ceviche Makes the recipes at home (86% of youth)
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Progress 09/01/16 to 08/31/17
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Target Audience:Middle schoolers (6th to 8th graders) were the target audience of the Oregon Sustainable Community Project. 56 total youth participated in the program, 25 of these participants were Latino. Program was delivered at three different sites - two in Benton County, and one in Linn County, Oregon: The Benton County sites were comprised of: 1. "Fabulous, Food, Fitness, and Fun" 4-H club which partnered with the Boys and Girls Club in Corvallis, OR; and 2. the "Looking at the Stars Program" which incorporated dancing for the visually impaired, took place on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis, OR. 3. The Linn County "Fabulous Food, Fitness and Fun" 4-H club, met at Calapooia Middle School in Albany, OR. The locations are known to have substantial numbers of at-risk, lowincome, and/or Latino students in Benton and Linn Counties. While the primary target audience was Latino youth, all youth in grades 6-8 were welcomed to participate Changes/Problems:The Program Site Coordinator, Ana Lu Fonseca, accepted a position with OSU Extension's Outreach and Engagement division as of 4/15/17. We will be posting a job notice in the next several weeks. The goal is to hire someone by September. The program continued under the supervision and guideance of Carolyn Ashton, the PI for Oregon SCP. Carolyn worked with Oregon State University student workers to continue programming through the term. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Program Co- PI and Program evaluator attended the annual CYFAR professional development meeting during May 2017. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We provide the participants with recipes to share with their families at home. The recipes are taken from Foodhero.org, a social campaign created by OSU targeting Latino and low income populations. The site has healthy recipes and healthy living science advice. We also implement inquiry techniques to understand what the participants are interested in learning regarding food and nutrition and physical activity, and then developed programming based on that (e.g., we cook their favorite recipes and make sure that we use healthy ingredients). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will work to continue the new "looking at the stars" program that targets vulnerable youth with visual impairments and also youth that use wheel chairs. This technique is designed to teach participating youth how to dance ballet but it scope goes beyond dancing: youth that have participated in the same technique at other locations have shown an increase in Positive Youth Development indicators, such as social interaction, body image and self-esteem. We will also continue to incorporate family field trips to several locations around the state that are of interest of the participating youth and families, (e.g., Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Dixon Recreation Center, Innovate Oregon Conference,etc.) During reporting cycle 2017-2018 we will work to involve OSU students to replicate the successful FIESTAS engagement program: University students participate in the afterschool club serving as mentors of the youth and helping them in providing lessons on health and nutrition, physical activity and other pertinent healthy living options.
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What was accomplished under these goals?
A total of 70 sessions of the program "Fabulous Food Fitness and Fun" and 16 "Looking at the Stars" were delivered through the Oregon SCP. The project implementation faculty created a lesson plan to deliver a core healthy living curriculum each term (Fall, Winter, spring) and also a summer component during the 4-H summer camps. That curriculum focuses on food, nutrition, and physical activity with teamwork as a learning strategy. Oregon State University ?s student involvement was incorporated in the learning strategy as well. Community Integration: We have developed strong relationships with organizations that serve the Latino communities in both Linn and Benton Counties. The Boys and Girls Club, Linus Pauling Middle School (the only dual immersion Middle School in the area) and Calapooia Middle School (a high percentage Latino and at risk youth Middle School), have been key community partners that serve a large number of Latino youth in the target age group. Other partners have been the Corvallis and Greater Albany School District, Corvallis High Schools, Casa Latinos Unidos, The Juntos program of OSU, at Linus Pauling Middle School as well as Corvallis High School. The Benton County Health Department has also been helping with the recruitment of Latino youth Families. Through our partnerships with these organizations we are able to access the target population and their families. Technology Integration: We created the Instagram account 4-HFood, where youth were rewarded with stickers in the form of happy faces every time they posted a photo of a healthy meal. Youth had access to the Instagram account through their cellphones, school Ipads or school computers. In addition to this, we watched videos from the curriculum exercise your options where youth had the opportunity to observe the health behaviors of other youth and then reflect on their decisions. We also used technology to enhance the knowledge of nutrition concepts; using internet browser. Sustaining: For financial sustainability, Project Co-Directors will develop and/or assist with proposals for additional program funding. The FIESTAS model described in the Communities section provided a framework that generated a 5-year grant to sustain a previous after school program and will be used in this project to enable sustainability when CYFAR grant funding expires.
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Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/16
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Target Audience:Middle schoolers (6th to 8th graders) were the target audience of the Oregon Sustainable Community Project. 55 total youth participated in the program, 25 of these participants were Latino. Program was delivered at two different sites - one in Benton County, and one in Linn County, Oregon: The Boys and Girls Club in Corvallis, OR and Calapooia Middle School in Albany, OR. Both locations are known to have substantial numbers of at-risk, lowincome, and/or Latino students in Benton and Linn Counties. While the primary target audience was Latino youth, all youth in grades 6-8 were welcomed to participate Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Program Co- PI and Program evaluator attended the annual CYFAR professional development meeting during May 2016. Team participated in the Ignite session during the last day of the Professional development event. Program Co-PI attended the training "Beyond Diversity II" by Pacific Education Group in Austin Texas during September 24 to 27 2016. This Professional Development opportunity provided project implementation with more tools and perspective to develop innovate inclusive 4-H programming that fulfills the requirements of the CYFAR grant and meets the needs of the communities it serves. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We send home the recipes taken from Foodhero.org, a social campaign created by OSU targeting Latino and low income populations that has healthy recipes as well as healthy living science based advice. We also implement inquiry techniques to understand the "funds of knowledge" of the youth and develop programming based on that (e.g., cook their favorite recipes with a "health twist") What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We have created the brand new "looking at the stars" program that targets vulnerable youth with visual impairments and also youth that use wheel chairs. This technique is designed to teach participating youth how to dance ballet but it scope goes beyond dancing: youth that have participated in the same technique at other locations have shown an increase in Positive Youth Development indicators, such as social interaction, body image and self-esteem. We are also incorporating family field trips to several locations around the state that are of interest of the participating youth and families, (I,e, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Oregon Food Innovation Center, Oregon Wheat Marketing Center etc). During reporting cycle 2016-2017 we are also involving more OSU students to replicate the successful FIESTAS engagement program: University students participate in the afterschool club serving as mentors of the youth and helping them in several "scavenger hunt" activities (e.g., going to grocery stores within walking distance to find a healthy snack with 5 ingredients or less and making videos linking youth´s funds of knowledge with program objectives)
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What was accomplished under these goals?
An average of 70 sessions of the program "Fabulous Food Fitness and Fun" were delivered at each location of the CSP. The project implementation faculty created a lesson plan to deliver a core healthy living curriculum each term (Fall, Winter, spring) and also a summer component during the 4-H summer camps. That curriculum focuses on food, nutrition, and physical activity with teamwork as a learning strategy. Oregon State University´s student involvement was incorporated in the learning strategy as well. Community Integration: We have developed strong relationships with organizations that serve the Latino communities in both Linn and Benton Counties. The Boys and Girls Club, Linus Pauling Middle School (the only dual immersion Middle School in the area) and Calapooia Middle School (a high percentage Latino and at risk youth Middle School), have been a key community partners that serve a large number of Latino youth in the target age group. Other partners have been the Corvallis and Greater Albany School District, Corvallis High Schools, Casa Latinos Unidos, The Juntos program of OSU, at Linus Pauling Middle School as well as Corvallis High School. The Benton County Health Department has also been helping with the recruitment of Latino youth Families. Through our partnerships with these organizations we are able to access the target population and their families. Technology Integration: We created the Instagram account 4-HFood, where youth were rewarded with stickers in the form of happy faces every time they posted a photo of a healthy meal. Youth had access to the Instagram account through their cellphones, school Ipads or school computers. In addition to this, we watched videos from the curriculum exercise your options where youth had the opportunity to observe the health behaviors of other youth and then reflect on their decisions. We also used technology to enhance the knowledge of nutrition concepts; using internet browser. Sustaining: For financial sustainability, Project Co-Directors will develop and/or assist with proposals for additional program funding. The FIESTAS model described in the Communities section provided a framework that generated a 5-year grant to sustain a previous after school program and will be used in this project to enable sustainability when CYFAR grant funding expires. CYFAR project: Calendar year 2016 Evaluation summary for entering into REEport Evaluation Results Pre- and posttests were administered to participating students at both Calapooia Middle School in Albany (Linn County site) and Linus Pauling Middle School in Corvallis (Benton County site). The variables measured included the following CYFAR Common Measures: Demographics, Nutrition (middle school version, 9-item scale), Physical Activity (1 item), Screen Time (2-item scale), Personal Values (11-item scale), Caring (9-item scale), Decision Making (5-item scale), Critical Thinking (5-item scale), Participation Level, and Program Quality. Pre-post comparisons using paired sample t-tests were calculated for all variables except Demographics, Participation Level, and Program Quality. At Calapooia, in the fall 2016 term, pretests and post tests were administered. There were 31 students who completed either the pre or the post, of whom 28 students completed both. In the paired sample t-tests for those 28 students, a statistically significant gain (p=.004) was observed on the mean scores for Physical Activity (mean pre=5.7, mean post=7.1, on a scale of 1-8). In addition, there was a marginally significant gain (p=.051) on the mean scores for Personal Values (mean pre=2.3, mean post=2.5, on a scale of 0-3). However, there was also a significant increase in reported Screen Time (mean pre=2.9, mean post=3.6, on a scale of 1-7). The N's for each of these analyses vary slightly because of missing data on some items.
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Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/15
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Target Audience:Middle schoolers (6th to 8th graders)were the target audience of the Oregon Sustainable Community Project. 72total youth participated in the program, 34 of these participants were Latino. Program was delivered at two different sites - one in Benton County, and one in Linn County, Oregon: The Boys and Girls Club in Corvallis, OR and Calapooia Middle School in Albany, OR. Bothlocationsare known to have substantial numbers of at-risk, low income, and/or Latino students in Benton and Linn Counties. While the primary target audience was Latino youth, all youth in grades 6-8 were welcomed to participate. Changes/Problems:In order to achieve our Oregon SCP goals, we have decided to move the location of one of the sites from the Boys and Girls club of Corvallis, to now be at the Linus Pauling Middle School, in Corvallis Oregon.This does not change the nature or scope of the project in any way, shape or form. Through this location change, the Oregon SCP "4-H Fabulous Food Fitness and Fun" program will now be better able to capture more consistent participant data from the target population. The Linus Pauling Middle School is a dual immersion school (Spanish and English) with a high percentage of underserved youth (41%). Approximately 15% of Linus Pauling Middle School student are English learners (mostly Latino). Twenty percent (20%) of the total student population is Latino. (data derived from the Linus Pauling Middle School website). The Oregon SCP team will still be conducting healthy living outreach events at the Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis, as a means of nurturing community partner relationships, and expanding program population. On a more GLOBAL level - our team has some recommendations for the overall CYFAR SCP Program to consider: Recommendations to CYFAR about Using the Common Measures From our experience using the common measures in our project's first year, we have some feedback and recommendations for the CYFAR project. We hope this feedback is helpful. As noted above, on the Physical/Psychological Safety scale, the psychometric write-up and instructions state that "Items 2 and 3 are reverse coded." However, we believe that reverse coding should be performed for Items 1 through 4. The wordings of the four items are reproduced above. We believe that it would improve readability to reduce some of the wording in some of the items, e.g., as described above for the response scales of the physical activity items. We recommend against using a response scale of 0-3, as is presently used for the five Core Competency scales and the Nutrition scale, as this can create errors in the data entry process. For example, the third item out of four must be entered as 2 rather than 3, even though 3 is a more natural response for the coder. Thus we recommend scaling them as 1-4 instead of 0-3. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Programinstructorand coordinator has enhanced her skills in specific nutrition related curriculum as well as in bullyingpreventionsubjects. One of the professional development opportunities was the instructor's participation in the "Whole Grains Summit" held in Portland, Oregon. As a result of participating in this Summit, the instructor increased her skills and knowledge related to Whole Grains. In addition to being a participant, she also was a presenter in a poster session at the conference. This poster highlighted the achievements of the new 4-H Teens as Teachers program, which features older youth teaching younger youth about health and nutrition. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The results have been disseminated to families across the state of Oregon through a "JUNTOS" day which was held on May 2, 2015. There were approximately 400 participants at the event. The families participating in the event were predominately Latino. The impacts of the program are also disseminated through a bi-monthly newspaper publication (Extension Express). This publication reaches approximately 1,000 community members. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?In order to achieve our Oregon SCP goals, we have decided to move the location of one of the sites from the Boys and Girls club of Corvallis, to now be at the Linus Pauling Middle School, in Corvallis Oregon. Through this location change, the Oregon SCP "4-H Fabulous Food Fitness and Fun" program will now be better able to capture more consistent participant data from the target population. The Linus Pauling Middle School is a dual immersion school (Spanish and English) with a highpercentageof underserved youth (41%).Approximately15% of LinusPaulingMiddle School student are English learners (mostly Latino). Twenty percent (20%) of the total student population is Latino. (data derived from the Linus Pauling Middle School website). The Oregon SCP team will still be conducting healthy living outreach events at the Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis, as a means of nurturing community partner relationships, and expanding program population.
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What was accomplished under these goals?
Short Term Goals: * As a result of participating in the program, youth gained and applied knowledge, skills and abilities to make healthy food choices, resulting in behavioral changes with regard to healthy eating, and increased their levels of physical activity. The Oregon SCP team applied the "commonmeasures" pre and post tests to youth participating in the program.The pretests were administered to the youth at the beginning of the first class, and the posttests were administered at the end of the last class.Fifty-one students in the three classes completed at least one of the evaluation survey questionnaires. There were low sample sizes in the common measures evaluation instrument, given the nature of the afterschool program and fluctuation of attendance during survey administration. However, given the low sample sizes, it is interesting to note that a few of the results approach statistical significance (p<.10), including days per week in physical activity and decision-making. We have incorporated all of these findings into our planning for next year's programs. Also, there is strong anecdotal evidence, from participant stories shared with the instructor that demonstrated that the participants had increased their knowledge, skills and abilities to make healthy food choices. Long Term Goals: •Youth who participate in the program will increase their skills in communication, teamwork and leadership, as measured by youth questionnaires and focus group interviews with parents. •Latino youth will more actively participate in the overall 4-H programming in Benton and Linn Counties by enrolling in clubs, participating in camps, etc., increasing the overall percentage of Latinos involved in the Benton and Linn 4-H Programs and contributing to cultural diversity in the organization. •The new CYFAR program will be sustained through an increase in community capacity and partnerships with area organizations and local volunteers
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