title: Effect of fresh fruit availability at worksites on the fruit and vegetable consumption of low-wage employees.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the impact of fresh fruit availability at worksites on the fruit and vegetable consumption and related psychosocial determinants of low-wage employees.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective, randomized block experimental design.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven apparel manufacturing and 2 food processing worksites.
  
  
  METHODS
  A convenience sample of 391 low-wage employees in 6 intervention worksites and 137 low-wage employees in 3 control worksites in Los Angeles, CA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fresh fruit deliveries with enough for 1 serving per employee, 3 days a week for 12 consecutive weeks. The control worksites did not receive the fruit deliveries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants' fruit and vegetable consumption, fruit and vegetable purchasing habits, self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and overall health were measured at baseline, weeks 4 and 8, and following the 12-week intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive statistics and growth curve analysis using hierarchical linear modeling were employed to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants in the intervention worksites showed a significant increase in fruit, vegetable, and total fruit and vegetable consumption, purchasing of fruit, family purchasing of vegetables, and self-efficacy toward eating 2 servings of fruit each day compared to the control worksites.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Improving access to fruit during the workday can improve fruit and vegetable consumption, purchasing habits, and self-efficacy of low-income employees.
authors.affiliation: Network for a Healthy California, California Department of Public Health and Public Health Institute, Sacramento, CA, USA. desiree.backman@cdph.ca.gov
authors.forename: Desiree
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Backman
authors.forename: Gian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gonzaga
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugerman
authors.forename: Dona
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014675:Vegetables; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*