A Cooking Intervention to Increase Vegetable Consumption by Parents With Children Enrolled in an Early Head Start Home Visiting Program: A Pilot Study in Portland, Oregon, 2013–2014

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Izumi, Betty T. ; Eckhardt, Cara L. ; Wilson, Dara P. ; Cahill, Jennifer
• Description:
  Introduction ; Cooking interventions may improve diet quality. Most cooking interventions are delivered in group settings. Home visiting programs may be an appropriate mechanism for delivering such interventions to low-income families with young children. We conducted a pilot study to test the feasibility of using a cooking intervention delivered by home visitors to improve attitudes and behaviors related to vegetable consumption by low-income parents with children enrolled in a home visiting program. ; Methods ; We invited 121 parents with children enrolled in an Early Head Start Home Visiting program in Portland, Oregon, to participate. During 2013–2014, each month for 8 months, home visitors (n = 14) implemented 1 cooking activity plus 1 complementary activity focused on 12 vegetables. We collected pre- and post-intervention data on participants’ cooking confidence and whether they tried and liked the selected vegetables. We also measured fidelity to protocol and home visitors’ perception of intervention usability. ; Results ; Of 104 participants, 58 provided pre- and post-intervention data. We observed a significant increase in confidence in baking, roasting or grilling vegetables; cooking 6 of 10 vegetables; and trying 7 of 12 vegetables. Nearly all respondents participated in the monthly cooking activity (96%) and complementary activity (94%). Twelve of 14 home visitors reported that the intervention was acceptable, feasible, and easy to understand, and needed systems supports to implement. ; Conclusion ; Cooking interventions may be a feasible approach to improving attitudes and behaviors related to vegetable consumption by low-income families with young children. Additional research is needed to assess the impact of such interventions on vegetable consumption.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cooking
  • Diet
  • Early Intervention, Educational
  • Female
  • Food Preferences
  • Health Education
  • Humans
  • Infant
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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 13.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.160259
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  28005529
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5201158
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon
• Volume:
  13
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43736/cdc_43736_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 323.67 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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