title: Intention to change nutrition-related behaviors in adult participants of a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether participation in selected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) lessons had an impact on the intent to improve nutrition-related behaviors of participants.
  
  
  METHODS
  A quantitative study using a retrospective post-then-pre design to measure SNAP-Ed outcomes of 203 adult participants after selected nutrition lessons in 14 counties across the state of Utah. After the intervention participants completed a retrospective post-then-pre survey evaluating intent to improve nutrition behaviors related to the SNAP-Ed lessons. Wilcoxon signed rank test with Bonferroni correction and paired t test were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants reported sometimes engaging in nutrition related behaviors before attending SNAP-Ed lessons and intent to usually engage in these behaviors after attending SNAP-Ed lessons.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrated that participation in selected SNAP-Ed lessons was positively related to the intent of participants to improve nutrition-related behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Kasiska School of Health Professions, Pocatello, ID; Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Electronic address: Mateja.savoie@usu.edu.
authors.forename: Mateja R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Savoie
authors.affiliation: Kasiska School of Health Professions, Pocatello, ID.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mispireta
authors.affiliation: Kasiska School of Health Professions, Pocatello, ID.
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Neill
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Christofferson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005260:Female; D063105:Food Assistance; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014589:Utah; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program–Education; Theory of Planned Behavior; activity; fruit; grains; nutrition education; program evaluation; vegetable