Evaluating an Educational Intervention Using the Enhanced Food Safety Cost of Illness Model

An abstract of a study by McDowell et al, evaluating the 2006 Ohio Family Nutrition Program using the enhanced food safety cost of illness model, is presented. The said model calculates the economic value of a program on a state level, a method that can be easily replicated in other states. Moreover...

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Published inJournal of nutrition education and behavior Vol. 41; no. 4; p. S46
Main Authors McDowell, Joyce R., MS, Scharff, Robert, PhD, Medeiros, Lydia, PhD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Elsevier Inc 01.07.2009
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cost benefit analysis
Food programs
Food safety
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Internal Medicine
Nutrition education
Project evaluation
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Summary:An abstract of a study by McDowell et al, evaluating the 2006 Ohio Family Nutrition Program using the enhanced food safety cost of illness model, is presented. The said model calculates the economic value of a program on a state level, a method that can be easily replicated in other states. Moreover, the study findings show that the model accounts for the number of participants, the risk faced by the target population, the discounted number of years of educational effectiveness, and risk reduction rates. They further imply that Ohio's community nutrition education program is socially beneficial and that the model can be replicated to evaluate other broad based food safety programs.
ISSN:1499-4046
1878-2620
1708-8259
DOI:10.1016/j.jneb.2009.03.021