The role of a food literacy intervention in promoting food security and food literacy—OzHarvest’s NEST program West, Elisha G, Lindberg, Rebecca, Ball, Kylie and McNaughton, Sarah A 2020, The role of a food literacy intervention in promoting food security and food literacy—OzHarvest’s NEST program, Nutrients, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 1-24, doi: 10.3390/nu12082197. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The role of a food literacy intervention in promoting food security and food literacy—OzHarvest’s NEST program Author(s) West, Elisha G Lindberg, Rebecca Ball, Kylie orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-8415 McNaughton, Sarah A orcid.org/0000-0001-5936-9820 Journal name Nutrients Volume number 12 Issue number 8 Article ID 2197 Start page 1 End page 24 Total pages 24 Publisher MDPI Place of publication Basel, Switzerland Publication date 2020-08 ISSN 2072-6643 2072-6643 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nutrition & Dietetics household food security nutrition education food literacy intervention public health Summary Food literacy interventions are widely implemented to improve the food security and health of low-socioeconomic adults. The purpose of this study was to conduct an inquiry into the value of OzHarvest’s six-week NEST (Nutrition Education and Skills Training) program in promoting food security and food literacy, and to identify the barriers and enablers that participants experienced in sustaining food security, and in utilising their food literacy skills beyond the program. A descriptive evaluation study with pre-post surveys (n = 21) and post-program interviews (n = 17) was conducted, with a convenience sample of NEST program participants living in Sydney, Newcastle, and Melbourne, Australia. Participants demonstrated improvements in food security status (p = 0.030), cooking confidence (p = 0.001), food preparation behaviours (p = 0.006), nutrition knowledge (p = 0.033), vegetable consumption (p = 0.043), and a reduction in intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (p = 0.017), and salty snack foods (p = 0.011). The interviews revealed that participants learned to stretch their food budgets and make meaningful changes to their food utilisation (a key dimension of food security). Interviews also identified enablers (e.g., social support) and barriers (e.g., health conditions) to achieving food security. Acknowledging the need for a multi-faceted approach that also addresses upstream determinants, interventions like NEST may play a role in promoting food security and food literacy. Language eng DOI 10.3390/nu12082197 Indigenous content off Field of Research 0908 Food Sciences 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30140525 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open-access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 30 Jul 2020, 14:39:37 EST Fri, 31 Jul 2020, 05:00:22 EST Fri, 31 Jul 2020, 06:03:29 EST Fri, 31 Jul 2020, 08:44:54 EST Sat, 08 Aug 2020, 02:33:21 EST Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 01:34:37 EST Tue, 02 Mar 2021, 05:05:13 EST Tue, 23 Mar 2021, 08:28:25 EST Tue, 23 Mar 2021, 08:30:03 EST Tue, 23 Mar 2021, 14:55:53 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 2 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 22 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 30 Jul 2020, 14:39:37 EST

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