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Cost-Effectiveness Model for Youth EFNEP Programs: What Do We Measure and How Do We Do It?
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (2011)
  • Elena Serrano, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Mary McFerren, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Michael Lambur, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Michael Ellerbock, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Kathy Hosig
  • Nancy K. Franz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Marilyn Townsend
  • Susan Baker, Colorado State University
  • Peter Muennig, Columbia University
  • George Davis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Abstract

The Youth Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is one of the United States Department of Agriculture's hallmark nutrition education programs for limited-resource youth. The objective of this study was to gather opinions from experts in EFNEP and related content areas to identify costs, effects (impacts), and related instruments to develop a cost-effectiveness model (instrument) for youth EFNEP, which does not exist. A cost-effectiveness model determines the economic or financial cost of producing an impact. The findings highlight several challenges in identifying inputs through consensus and provide a roadmap for the creation of a model that can be adopted by state EFNEP coordinators.

Keywords
  • cost effectiveness,
  • EFNEP,
  • youth,
  • nutrition,
  • program,
  • limited resource
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Publication Date
July, 2011
Citation Information
Elena Serrano, Mary McFerren, Michael Lambur, Michael Ellerbock, et al.. "Cost-Effectiveness Model for Youth EFNEP Programs: What Do We Measure and How Do We Do It?" Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Vol. 43 Iss. 4 (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nancy_franz/32/