title: A Brief Community-Based Nutrition Education Intervention Combined With Food Baskets Can Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Low-Income Latinos.
abstract: To evaluate the impact of an 8-week community-based nutrition education program combined with food baskets on fruit and vegetable consumption (FVC) among Latinos.
  
  
  
  Pre-post intervention study assessing perceived barriers, knowledge, food efficacy, food outcomes, and FVC, using mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative).
  
  
  
  Participants' recruitment and data collection took place in the Seattle Metropolitan area from September 2012 to July 2013.
  
  
  
  Participants' (n = 40) mean age was 37.8 (±10.5) years. Participants were mostly women, from Mexico, uninsured, low income, and overweight or obese.
  
  
  
  Nuestras Comidas was developed through the use of the Social Cognitive Theory and focused on increasing behavioral capability, food efficacy, food outcomes, and FVC.
  
  
  
  Dependent variables were knowledge, perceived barriers, food efficacy, food outcomes, and FVC. Independent variable was the intervention (pre-post).
  
  
  
  A McNemar exact test was computed for categorical variables and Wilcoxon signed-rank test and paired t test for continuous variables. Focus group data were analyzed by identifying common themes.
  
  
  
  Participation in the intervention was significantly associated with increased knowledge, food efficacy, and vegetable consumption.
  
  
  
  A brief nutrition education intervention combined with food baskets can improve healthy eating among Latinos.
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: lko@fredhutch.org.
authors.forename: Linda K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Jihye
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ravindran
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Wade K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Copeland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003153:Community Health Services; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D011203:Poverty; D014675:Vegetables
keywords: Latinos; Social Cognitive Theory; food baskets; food choice; fruits; nutrition education; vegetables