Logic Model for Community Nutrition Education(ES)



Medeiros, L. C., Butkus, S. N., Chipman, H., Cox, R. H., Jones, L., Little, D. (2005). A logic model   framework for community nutrition education. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.            37(4), 197-202.

                The Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, and Economic Research Service sponsored the development of “white papers” to look at the methodology in systems and environmental change, food shopping practices, food safety, dietary quality, and food insecurity and security in order to determine if the models that were being used were achieving the goals of improved health and independence of participants.

                These papers lead to the development of the Community Nutrition Education Logic Model (CNE Logic Model). The purpose of which was to help “the development and evaluation of nutrition education programs implemented through a variety of sponsoring agencies” (Medeiros, 2005).

                Using this logic model when developing and running community education programs would give people and organizations a better idea of if projects are feasible in addition to providing a way to determine if projects are achieving the appropriate goals while the program or project is still ongoing.

                This is a great tool for anyone to use when implementing community outreach programs because it lets dietitians set programs up in a systematic fashion that shows where problem areas may be.

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