Impact Study of Minnesota SNAP-Ed Health and Nutrition Education Programs

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Child

In brief

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed) is a national initiative with the goal of improving the health and wellbeing of low income families. University of Minnesota Extension every year offers nearly 4000 educational events, serving approximately 70,000 Minnesotans through the program. Extension is conducting an impact study to determine program effectiveness and assess sustained changes of participants and their families that can be directly attributed to programming on a larger and methodically sound scale.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01918020

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

796

Starts

2012-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-01

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 9. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Third grade elementary students
• Schools that are eligible for SNAP ED funding (have more than 50% students received free/reduced lunch)

You may not qualify if…

• Other grade elementary students
• Schools that are not eligible for SNAP ED funding

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota Extension Center for Family Development — Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

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