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Find featured EGFG-approved beverages in convenience stores across Central Falls!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\/*! elementor – v3.7.1 – 14-08-2022 *\/ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Community Partners Find featured EGFG-approved beverages in convenience stores across Central Falls! \/*! elementor – v3.7.1 – 14-08-2022 *\/ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3921,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/fs1081a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/fs1081a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/fs1081a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/fs1081a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/fs1081a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/fs1081a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/fs1081a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":100,"date":"2022-08-15T22:08:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/fs1081a\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2022-08-18T14:44:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:44:59","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/fs1081a\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t

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Federally funded and state-administered program providing low-income individuals and families with resources to purchase food. Click here to learn more<\/a>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Benefits for Rhode Islanders that are pregnant, breastfeeding, or post-partum (up to 6 months, regardless of birth outcome), and\/or have a child up to age 5. Click here to learn more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Find featured EGFG-approved beverages in convenience stores across Central Falls! Find a list of our community partners here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Step 1: Program Overview<\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Through sharing practical and relevant knowledge about sugar-sweetened beverages online, the mission of EatGoodFeelGood (EGFG), a virtual nutrition education program, is to help Rhode Island families learn and practice healthier dietary behaviors. The EGFG program utilizes the social ecological model to address multiple levels on influence to deliver more well-rounded support for families attempting behavior change. Consisting of a blog, Instagram account, and Facebook account, EGFG works to achieve its goal of reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in Central Falls (CF) families with young children, and subsequently reducing rates of childhood obesity in CF. By providing easily accessible bilingual nutrition education to parents and guardians, not only does EGFG address individual level determinants of the follower, EGFG encourages changes in the social environment of the families. Through increased knowledge and self-efficacy, parents and guardians can effectively support their entire family by teaching and modeling healthy beverage choices (Contento, 2016, p. 83).<\/p>

Additionally, EGFG creates partnerships with CF convenience stores to achieve its goal of increasing availability and advertising of no added sugar beverage options in stores CF families have easily accessible. By providing stores the incentive of being promoted on EGFG platforms, stores will highlight beverages they sell that contain no added sugar through sales or signage. Most foods and beverages are bought as a direct result of advertising. Therefore, by manipulating the target audience\u2019s environment by increasing the advertisement of beverages with no added sugars, consumers will be further influenced to opt for those instead of their sugar-sweetened counterparts. This would in turn increase demand and consequently increase supply (Contento, 2016, p. 83).<\/p>

Finally, EGFG materials will work to address two sectors of influence: systems and policy. EGFG will encourage followers to critically assess the food and beverage advertisements they and their families are exposed to through blog and social media posts exposing relevant examples and providing thoughtful discussion prompts. With this information, details will be provided on how the reader can reach out to their local government representative encouraging legislation on stricter limitations for food and beverage advertising. Information will also be linked on the EGFG website and shared on where to find and how to access local resource systems, including food and healthcare assistance agencies (Contento, 2016, p. 83).<\/p>

Step 2: Complete and Acceptable Delivery<\/strong><\/p>

To be published on EGFG platforms, all posts must consist of science-based nutrition and health information referencing credible sources from the last ten years. Additionally, the information provided in the posts must be related to and relevant to the target audience concerning or somehow related to the program\u2019s target behavior: consuming less sugar sweetened beverages. Posts will also be translated into both English and Spanish by fluent speakers of each language who are also familiar with the subject. EGFG will post 2 blog posts per week and one post each on Facebook and Instagram per day. The content for these posts can be produced in bulk and scheduled to be posted throughout the month\/week as needed.<\/p>

To gauge how the materials are being received by the target audience, individuals can interact with the content (i.e., \u2018liking\u2019 the post), comment, and share. The reach of EGFG will then be measured using social media analytic software that can track information including number of views, shares, and likes. Additionally, Instagram and Facebook questionnaires will be used to elicit and gather direct audience feedback. Bi-weekly Instagram Q&A\u2019s will be posted, encouraging followers to submit any questions they have or topics they would like to know more about. Facebook Polls will be used once a month to ask followers to rate how satisfied they are with EGFG.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EGFG will also be partnering with at least two local convenience stores in Central Falls (02863) to advertise no sugar added beverages in their stores in exchange for promotion on EGFG platforms. In order to qualify for EGFG promotion, the stores must at minimum place an approved no sugar added beverage at consumer eye-level and display an EGFG informational tag. EGFG will post 2 promotional posts per month while the store maintains the advertising. As mentioned above, the EGFG content on virtual platforms can be interacted with directly by individuals and the reach can be tracked by social media analytic software. After the 2 promotional posts have been made, EGFG staff will check in with store owners to hear anecdotally how the advertisement was received and if sales of the product went up.<\/p>

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Steps 3-5: Process Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>

Target of Question<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Process- Evaluation Question<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Method of Assessment for Question<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Resources Required<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Recruitment<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How were social media and blog posts advertised?<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How were stores recruited?<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meta Insights will gather and track data on advertising statistics. Data will be gathered and analyzed monthly by EGFG staff.<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Analysis of store partnership records<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Facebook\/Instagram business account; EGFG staff; staff hours.<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EGFG staff will keep detailed records of recruitment including store address and contact information; when possible, email documentation will be used. Stores will have to sign a partnership agreement consenting to being featured on EGFG in exchange for featured product promotion as dictated by partnership requirements and reporting monthly sales of these products.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Reach<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How many views has each post gotten? How does this compare to previous posts?<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How many of the promoted beverage were sold during the one-month period? How does this compare to previous months?*<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meta Insights will gather and track data on advertising statistics. Data will be gathered and analyzed monthly by EGFG staff.<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Analysis of monthly sales reports from stores by EGFG staff.<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Facebook\/Instagram business account; EGFG staff; staff hours.<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Monthly sales reports from stores; EGFG staff; staff hours.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Fidelity<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Are posts using science-based information? Are posts relevant and relatable to the target audience and target behavior? Are posts providing advocacy information when relevant? Are posts being translated into English and Spanish?<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Are store owners putting approved no sugar added beverages at consumer eye-level? Are store owners displaying EGFG tags next to products? Have at least 2 promotional posts been posted?<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Posts will be cross-examined by at least 2 different EGFG staff with at minimum one of those staff members being fluently bilingual in English and Spanish.<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once per month, an EGFG staff member will make an unannounced visit to the store to confirm advertising meets partnership requirements and to share insights from monthly posts<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EGFG staff; staff hours.<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EGFG staff; staff hours; store owner time.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Context<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Have there been any confounding events that might have affected the community?*<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reports during monthly EGFG staff meetings<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All EGFG staff are required to report out on any confounding events they have come across out in the community, heard on the news, etc.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dose Delivered<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How many posts are being posted? When are posts being posted?<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How many beverages are being promoted?<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meta Insights will gather and track data on advertising statistics. Data will be gathered and analyzed monthly by EGFG staff.<\/p>

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once per month, an EGFG staff member will make an unannounced visit to the store to confirm advertising meets partnership requirements.<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Facebook\/Instagram business account; EGFG staff; staff hours; store owner time.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dose Received <\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How many likes, comments, and shares has each post gotten? How does this compare to other posts?*<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meta Insights will gather and track data on advertising statistics. Data will be gathered and analyzed monthly by EGFG staff.<\/p><\/td>

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Facebook\/Instagram business account; EGFG staff; staff hours.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Step 6: Significant Process Evaluation Questions<\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The questions indicated above with an asterisk will be critical during process evaluation as these will provide the most information on program success and contributing factors. The question regarding the reach of the convenience store partnerships will assess the success of these partnerships. An increase in reach indicates a successful partnership while a steady or deceased reach suggests the partnerships need to be evaluated or further supported. The question regarding context and any confounding events allows the process evaluation to take into account anything outside of the program\u2019s control. Instances, such as the continued COVID-19 pandemic and recovery, may occur that could limit or hinder EGFG efforts and should thus be taken into consideration when evaluating program results.\u00a0<\/p>

Finally, the dose received question pertains to the effectiveness of EGFG postings. By understanding how many posts are being received, EGFG staff can ensure and prove that content interactions continue to grow and be positive.\u00a0 This question can also provide insight into the material\u2019s reach, even though that is not the primary focus of the question.<\/p>

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Educational blog posts, Instagram Posts, and Facebook Posts<\/td>EGFG produces at least 2 blog posts per week, 1 Instagram post per day, and 1 Facebook post per day regarding relevant, general nutrition and health information, added sugars, and sugar-sweetened beverages.<\/td>Nutrition education is more accessible to families in Central Falls.<\/td>Families in Central Falls purchase and consume fewer sugar-sweetened beverages.<\/td>Childhood obesity in Central Falls decreases.<\/td><\/tr>
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Childhood obesity affects 12.7% of children aged 2 to 5 years old and 20.7% of children aged 6 to 11 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). Between 1999 and 2018, childhood obesity rates in the United States rose by 4.5%; however, the weight of this increase is not equally distributed. Children from Spanish-speaking households are 24.4% more likely to be obese than their peers from English-speaking households (Tsoi et al., 2022).<\/p>

There are many health consequences of childhood obesity including an increased likelihood of developing respiratory issues, such as asthma or sleep apnea, increased risk of type 2 diabetes, as well as advanced bone age, and altered blood lipid levels (Brown, 2018, p. 308). With this long list of potential comorbidities, childhood obesity ends up costing $14 billion in annual national health care expenses (Cawley, 2010). Beyond the physical health complications, childhood obesity has also been linked to severe mental health problems, including the cluster of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) that can exacerbate or cause additional diseases and illnesses (Schiff et al., 2021).<\/p>

A major contributor to childhood obesity is excessive consumption of added sugars, particularly from sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). In fact, two-thirds of children drink at least one SSB on any given day. Consumption of SSBs, especially by children, is even higher in Latinx and Black populations. This is thought to be, in part, due to targeted marketing (Bleich et al., 2018). \u00a0Children of all ages and backgrounds are often exposed to food advertising, but children of color are more frequently exposed to advertisements for junk food and SSBs as food marketers of these products often target Latinx, Black, and low-income communities (Cannon et al., 2022). While Rhode Island passed a bill in 2018 to ban junk food marketing in its schools, children are still exposed to these advertisements in many other aspects of their lives (American Heart Association, n.d.).<\/p>

A direct link can be drawn between these marketing tactics and a higher incidence of childhood obesity in children of color. While 16.6% of White children are obese, the numbers jump to 24.8% for Black children and 26.2% for Latinx children (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022).<\/p>

Target Population- The Priority<\/strong><\/p>

Like these national trends, the highest rates of childhood overweight and obesity in Rhode Island (52% of children) can be seen in Central Falls- where 69.3% of residents are Latinx and 67% of households speak a language other than English at home. The high rates of childhood overweight\/obesity in this primarily Latinx neighborhood is not just a statistical similarity- it is a prime example of targeted marketing by the food industry. 30% of Central Falls\u2019 22,593 residents are living in poverty and the median household income in 2020 dollars was below $35,000. As often seen in lower socioeconomic areas, the 1.19 square meters that make up the entirety of Central Falls, there are no full-sized grocery stores, but there are three burger restaurants, two convenience stores, two fried chicken spots, a pizza shop, and a Burger King (Rhode Island Kids COUNT, 2022; United States Census Bureau, 2021; Woolf et al., 2020).<\/p>

Given that children are provided food primarily by the adults in their lives and also tend to model behaviors practiced and expressed by those same adults the EGFG program will target the primary caregivers of children aged 4 to 11 years old in Central Falls, Rhode Island. This target population will be identified through the Central Falls School District, which includes Captain Hunt Preschool, Ella Risk Elementary, and Veterans Memorial Elementary (Central Falls School District, n.d.).<\/p>

Parental\/guardian feeding and drinking habits can act either to increase or decrease a child\u2019s risk of obesity (Niec et al., 2022). Childhood obesity interventions that have targeted parents and guardians have been successful in both improving the child\u2019s weight and positive changes in social-emotional functioning (Li et al., 2020). Providing education and improving self-efficacy to parents and guardians in Rhode Island will create a ripple effect and improve the dietary habits and behaviors of their children, subsequently reducing rates of childhood obesity across the state.<\/p>

Program Details- The Solution<\/strong><\/p>

Parents and guardians are often on the go between juggling their own work and their children\u2019s school and extracurricular activities. Through the EatGoodFeelGood (EGFG) website, blog, and social media accounts, relevant and science-based information can be provided to any parent or guardian to be able to access whenever is most convenient for them. Connecting and meeting this target population presents its challenges in terms of space and time constraints. Virtual-based parent\/guardian-focused nutrition interventions for childhood obesity have been previously found to increase the time study participants were willing to commit to taking part in the study (Boswell et al., 2019). Providing materials online also has the added benefit of being easily shared within and beyond the target audience. Additionally, these online platforms can easily gather, track, and report on data including the viewer\u2019s age, gender, education level, relationship status-even their hobbies (Henstr\u00f6m et al., 2022; Meta, n.d.).<\/p>

All EGFG materials will also be available in both English and Spanish. The target audience is primarily Latinx and does not speak English at home, therefore providing materials that have been translated into Spanish by an individual with both a familiarity with the topic and the language is crucial to a culturally relevant and competent program (Hazard et al., 2021).<\/p>

EGFG will consist of family-centered nutrition education information, practical implementation skills, and basic community resource referrals. With a focus on reducing consumption of SSBs, information will include how to identify SSBs using the nutrition facts label, how to talk about added sugars with kids, and recipes using natural sugars. Information will also be shared through EGFG on the importance of and specific advice on how individuals can advocate for related policy changes, such as how to contact local representatives in support of a proposed sugar-sweetened beverage tax (WPRI, 2021). Finally, as an attempt to increase access to healthier drink options, EGFG will also partner with local convenience stores and markets in Central Falls. In exchange for promoting the store on the EGFG blog and social media posts, stores will be asked to highlight beverages they sell that contain no added sugar through sales or signage. Most foods and beverages are bought as a direct result of advertising, so advertising options with no added sugars can influence consumers to opt for those instead of their sugar-sweetened counterparts<\/p>

The Potential Impact & Stakeholders<\/strong><\/p>

Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages for children by way of increasing parent\/guardian knowledge and self-efficacy has the potential to benefit many sectors of Rhode Island and involve many stakeholders. main caretakers of a child play a crucial role in the food their children have access to and the development of the child\u2019s dietary attitudes and behaviors and are thus primary stakeholders. Many studies have found parent\/guardian-focused interventions for childhood obesity to be successful at increasing both parent\/guardian self-efficacy around nutritional habits and improving dietary behaviors, especially within Latinx populations (Hammersley et al., 2019; Parsons et al., 2018).<\/p>

These healthier dietary behaviors will improve health outcomes cross-generationally in families and, because of this, stakeholders then expand to include healthcare providers and public health professionals. With improved dietary behaviors and health outcomes, decreases in chronic diseases and healthcare expenditures will be seen for both the family and the community at a relatively low cost, given that the intervention is online and, therefore, requires limited or no physical materials or incentives.<\/p>

Educators and school professionals are also stakeholders in EGFG as reduced consumption of added sugars by way of reducing SSB intake and improved diet nutritional quality can also improve the academic performance of children (Faught et al., 2017). Academic outcomes impact a child\u2019s future educational attainment, work performance and income, and other social determinants of health impacted by employment status such as socio-economic status. Additionally, providing bilingual materials and information to parents and guardians online can help a program be more easily available and, consequently, reach a wider audience. By ensuring program materials are relevant and accessible to the target population, EGFG can successfully and efficiently share knowledge, skills, and resources with Central Falls parents and guardians to reduce childhood consumption of SSBs.<\/p>

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