- Title
- The efficacy of a brief, peer-led nutrition education intervention in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption: a wait-list, community-based randomised controlled trial
- Creator
- Glasson, Colleen; Chapman, Kathy; Gander, Kristi; Wilson, Tamara; James, Erica
- Relation
- Public Health Nutrition Vol. 15, Issue 7, p. 1318-1326
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980012000043
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Objective: The objective of the present research was to test the efficacy of Fruit & Veg Sense sessions in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption. Design: A wait-list randomised controlled trial was concluded (n 292). Intervention participants attended a Fruit & Veg Sense session and received newsletters at weeks 2 and 5 after attending the session. All participants completed an FFQ and a questionnaire measuring knowledge, attitudes, barriers and stage of change for fruit and vegetable consumption at baseline and 6 weeks. Setting: Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Subjects: Two hundred and ninety-two parents with children of primary school age. Results: The intervention group significantly increased its mean consumption of fruit and vegetables by 0.62 servings compared with 011 in the control group (difference of 0.51, P=0.001). Compared with the control group, there were significant increases in intervention participants' knowledge of daily recommended servings (for fruit and vegetables) and serving size (for vegetables), improvement in stage of change for vegetable consumption and a decrease in the number of perceived barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption. Conclusions: Fruit & Veg Sense is efficacious in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among parents of primary-school children. The study adds significantly to the limited evidence regarding fruit and vegetable interventions and the feasibility of engaging peer educators to deliver community education sessions. A broader implementation trial to test the effectiveness of Fruit & Veg Sense is recommended.
- Subject
- fruit; vegetables; randomised controlled trial; peer educators
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1304620
- Identifier
- uon:20883
- Identifier
- ISSN:1368-9800
- Language
- eng
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