Progress 08/01/24 to 07/31/25
Outputs
Target Audience:Research Objective 1: Children ages 3-6 years of age and adults 18 years of age or older, English speaking, residing in the Moscow/Pullman area Research Objective 2: Children age 4-6 years attending childcare in Moscow area Extension Objective 1: Children age 4-9 years of age and a parent/guardian residing in the Moscow, Idaho area Changes/Problems:The primary challenges this year were with recruitment for research objective 2. Recruitment was slower than we had hoped. Going into year 3 of the project, we have a group finishing the intervention and are actively recruiting about 14 more subjects to meet our sample size. For extension objective 1, creating the Pond to Plate curriculum, we are slightly behind schedule, but are receiving assistance from UI Extension Publishing to help us get back on track. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The primary opportunities for training and professional development were in the form of student training as described above under the education objectives. In addition, all graduate students working on the project were given the opportunity to submit abstracts for professional conferences. Three students were provided the opportunity to present poster presentations. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Data collection continues to be ongoing. Preliminary results were presented at professional conferences. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Research objective 1: Data analysis will be completed and a manuscript drafted. Research objective 2: Data collection and analysis will be completed Research objective 3: Protocols will be revised to accomodate progress on extension objective 1 (the curriculum will be used in research objective 3). Recruitment and data collection will begin. Extension Objective 1: We will work with the University of Idaho Extension Publishing graphic designer to finalize the curriculum. Curriculum will be translated to Spanish. Extension Objective 2: Marketing materials will be drafted and revised based on feedback from the priority population Education Objectives: Three PhD students will continue to work on the research and extension objectives. Undergraduate and graduate students will be given opportunities to assist with active data collection during the academic year and summer 2026.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Research Objective 1: A sensory study was conducted to understand acceptance of trout in children (aged 3-6 years old; n=50), identify the relationship between acceptance and at-home feeding experiences, and assess liking of three trout strains.An adult panel (n=102) was conducted in late spring and results are being analyzed summer 2025.There were no differences in children's liking among the strains (p>0.05).Children who struggled with eating lumpy textured foods at home were more likely to dislike trout. Children with more exposure to fish at home were more likely to rate the fish as yummy. Research Objective 2:Children (aged 4-6 years old; n=76) were enrolled in the 12-week repeated exposure study. Data collection and enrollment is still in progress. Preliminary results (n=52) on liking, intake, and emotional wellbeing were analyzed for student thesis projects.Preliminary data analysis indicates participation in a 12-week intervention study increases children's liking of trout.Preliminary data analysis indicates most children (76%) ate a weekly average of ≤ 0.5 oz of trout offered.Relationship to emotional wellbeing cannot yet be determined. Data collection is ongoing. Extension Objective 1:Storyboards for About Trout! Pond to Plate were completed and reviewed. Five expert reviewers rated modules on scientific accuracy, content organization, learning outcomes and provided feedback. The interdisciplinary panel was comprised of one Aquaculture expert, one Food and Nutrition expert, two Child and Family Life Development experts and one Food Security, Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences expert.Experts rated each module's learning objectives and content on a four-point scale (1 = strongly disagree to 4 = strongly agree). Ratings were used to calculate a content validity index (CVI) score. Scale-level CVI/Average (S-CVI/Ave), and Scale-level CVI/Universal Agreement (S-CVI/UA) scores are shown here. A score of ≥0.80 indicated strong content validity, while lower scores identified areas needing revision.Overall course review score indicated no significant revisions needed (CVI ≥0.80). Seven individual modules required no revisions (CVI ≥0.80), while the other 5 are being revised based on reviewer comments and feedback. The only significant edit will be to add on-farm interviews to module 6, DIY Pond to Plate. These interviews were filled in late spring 2025. EducationObjectives: Two students defended the theses in M.S. Nutritional Sciences. One M.S. Nutritional Sciences student converted to Ph.D. Nutritional Sciences and is continuing to work on Extension Objectives. One new Ph.D. student in Nutritional Sciences was recruited to start in the fall 2025. One Ph.D. student in Food Science continues to support research objective 1. Three student interns gain experience with data collection, assisting with reserach objective 2.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2025
Citation:
Davis, J., Roe, A., Johnson, S., Howard, T., Powell, M., Kendall, J., Kindelspire, H., Gardiner, J., Ross, C., Lee, S.G., Bledsoe, J. (2025). Effect of trout on emotional well-being in children aged 4-6 years. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Volume 57, Issue 8, S7. Presented at Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2025
Citation:
Kindelspire, H., Roe, A., Johnson, S., Lee, S.G., Kendall, J., Bledsoe, J., Ross, C., Powell, M. (2025). Online curriculum development and validation for parent-focused nutrition education program About Trout! Pond to Plate. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Volume 57, Issue 8, S60 - S61. Presented at Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2025
Citation:
Kendall, J., Roe, A., Davis, J., Bledsoe, J., Johnson, S., Gardiner, J., Powell, M., Kindelspire, H., Ross, C., Lee, S.G., Tsao, L., Kaur, H. (2025). Repeated exposure and child centered nutrition phrases impact on the liking of trout in children aged 4-6 years. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Volume 57, Issue 8, S77. Presented at Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2025
Citation:
Roe, A. Ross, C., Johnson, S., Lee, S.G., Bledsoe, J., Powell, M., Gardiner, J., Davis, J., Kendall, J., Kindelspire, H., Potter, R. (2025). Increasing trout consumption in young children and families for cognitive and mental health benefit: year two. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Volume 57, Issue 8, S86. Presented at Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior Conference, Indianapolis, IN
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Progress 08/01/23 to 07/31/24
Outputs
Target Audience:Research Objective 1: Children age 3-6 years of age, English speaking, residing in the Moscow/Pullman area Research Objective 2: Children age 4-6 years of age attending childcare in Moscow and Potlatch, Idaho Extension Objective 1: Children age 4-9 years of age and a parent/guardian residing in the Moscow, Idaho area Changes/Problems:The major challenge faced this year was recruiting subjects for research objective 2. Due to the long intervention time (12 weeks), this is challenging working around school breaks and summer vacations. We will need to extend data collection to spring 2025 and possibly summer 2025 for this objective. However, we have strong childcare site partnerships and a great team of student researchers to be able to accomplish this objective. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The primary opportunities for training and professional devleopment were in the form of student training. Two PhD students, 1 MS student, and 1 high school student were trained on the sensory evaluation protocol and assisted with data collection for research objective 1. Three MS students and 4 summer interns were trained on the repeated exposure protocol and assisted with recruitment, data collection, and data entry for research objective 2. Two staff members (hatchery manager and research technician) and a summer undergraduate intern were given the opportunity to contribute to the videos for extension objective 1. This provided an opportunity to develop skills for presenting to public. Professional development opportunities were provided to key personnel through working with Extension Publishing to identify best practices and peer-review methodology for extension objective 1. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?In this first year, there are not many results to share. Updates on the project were provided to peers at the Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior conference through a poster presentation. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Research objective 1: Data collection will be completed and analyzed, results will be presented at a national conference, manuscript will be drafted. Research objective 2: Data collection will be completed and analyzed, results will be presented at a national conference, manuscripts will be drafted. Research objective 3: IRB protocols and data collection forms will be finalized Extension objective 1: Curriculum will undergo expert review to establish content validity and pilot testing to establish face validity; results will be presented at a national conference, manuscript will be drafted Extension objective 2: marketing materials will be drafted, feedback obtained from target audience, and revised Education Objectives: Three students will complete and defend their theses in Nutritional Sciences, additional students will be recruited to join the project in year 3
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
In year one, research activities focused on protocol finalization and researcher training. Across institution Institutional Review Board reliance agreements and data use agreements were approved. Recruitment sites were identified and prioritized. Subject recruitment and data collection to began in May 2024 for research objective 2 (18 enrolled) and in July 2024 for research objective 1 (51 children completed). Extension activities included progress on curriculum content development and storyboard creation as well as working with University of Idaho Extension publishing to identify the appropriate online platform and timeline for peer review. Recipes were tested in May/June and videos of all recipes included in the curriculum were filmed in summer 2024. Education activities included recruiting three graduate students to assist with research objective 2 and extension objective 1. All three students successfully defended their thesis proposals, which will focus on different aspects of the larger grant. A fourth graduate student is assisting with research objective 1, a portion of which may be included in the student's dissertation. An additional PhD student, MS student, and 1 high school student also assisted with data collection on research objective 1. A research specialist was also hired to assist with overall project management and four summer interns were hired to assist with data collection and videos. We held a successful and very productive advisory board meeting in January 2024
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Roe, A., Powell, M., Ross, C., Johnson, S., Lee, S. G., & Bledsoe, J. (2024). Increasing Trout Consumption in Young Children and Families for Cognitive and Mental Health Benefit: Year One. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 56(8), S94S94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2024.05.210
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