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Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Centers of Excellence aim to strengthen evidence-based programs for underserved populations. Collaborate. Share resources. Improve effectiveness.
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Update – SNAP & EFNEP: Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Centers of Excellence (RNECE) _______________________ Helen Chipman, PhD, RD National Program Leader. NIFA, USDA 9 February 2016
Background • Purpose – Conduct program implementation research for EFNEP and SNAP-Ed to strengthen the evidence-base and assure that programs are effective, innovative, replicable, sustainable, and cost effective • Timeline – FY 2014-2017 • Funding – FNS and NIFA; 8 million; 7 multi-year awards
RNECE Objectives • Strengthen evidence-base – identify and confirm what works • Evaluate long-term effectiveness of interventions and opportunities for new research for underserved and disadvantaged populations • Identify and create research collaborations and synergistic relationships: researchers, programs, implementers, government • Enhance impacts – public health-related training and dissemination of evidence based practices
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020, A Social-Ecological Model for Food and Physical Activity Decisions A Social Ecological Approach – Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 Adapted from Adapted from: (1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Addressing Obesity Disparities: Social Ecological Model. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/health_equity/addressingtheissue.html. Accessed October 19, 2015. (2) Institute of Medicine. Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance, Washington (DC): The National Academies Press; 2005, page 85. (3) Story M, Kaphingst KM, Robinson-O’Brien R, Glanz K. Creating healthy food and eating environments: Policy and environmental approaches. Annu Rev Public Health 2008; 29:253-272.
/ http:///rnece-ncc.org/ A Social Ecological Approach – Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010
Expectations of Research Centers • Involve implementing organizations, researchers, and associated interests • Conduct regional and PSE projects • Manage sub-awards to augment work • Coordinate efforts to complete Agency specific priorities – Ex. SNAP-Ed toolkit • Evaluate, aggregate, translate and disseminate interventions so useful for program practitioners and others • Provide training and other supportive resources for implementation
RNECE Role for SNAP-Ed and EFNEP Implementers Be connected to the RNECE Centers through formal and informal relationships • Inform – Provide stakeholder input • Apply for sub-awards – Conduct research • Use resources that are developed – Apply interventions as intended • Encourage and facilitate involvement of other implementers in your state – Share/coordinate with others
A Social Ecological Approach – Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 http://nifa.usda.gov Program: RNECE
FNS and NIFA RNECE Contacts Food and Nutrition Service • Ms. Jane Duffield, Branch Chief • Dr. Anita Singh, Branch Chief National Institute of Food and Agriculture* • Dr. Helen Chipman, National Program Leader (Primary Contact) Phone: (202) 720-8067; Fax: (202) 401-0776 Email: hchipman@nifa.usda.gov • Ms. Marly Diallo, Program Specialist *Initial contact for grants management questions