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Navajo County Public Health Services District
Navajo County Public Health Services District
Navajo County
• Almost 55% of Navajo County’s 9,959 square miles is Indian Reservation home to the Navajo Nation, White Mountain Apache and Hopi Tribes.
5 A Day Program for 2nd Grade
• 5 A Day program promotes the goal of eating 5 servings of colorful fruits and vegetables per day.
• 5 A Day program is a 4 lesson nutrition classroom presentation. The presentation includes visual aids, educational materials and a pre-post test for the students.
• The Parent Surveys were added to the program and given in 9-2nd grade classrooms at Park Elementary and Seven Mile Elementary schools.
5 A Day Parent Survey
• The purpose of this parent survey was to find out if the nutrition information, brochures, take-home handouts were reaching the parents or care givers at home.
• We were also looking for parent feedback about types of nutrition information they were interested in learning more about.
5 A Day Parent Survey
• Logo recognition, milk consumption, physical activity, and what nutritional information they would be interested in receiving were also identified.
Survey Demographics
• 170 parent surveys were returned. • 80% of respondents were non-Hispanics (n=135)• Majority (57%) of respondents were American Indian
or Alaska Natives. • 82% respondents were female. • Average age of respondents were 33.4, with a range
from 21 to 48 years of age.• Less than half reported using food stamps (38%,
n=65)
Demographics TableGraph 1. Race of Respondents,
2nd Grade 5 A Day Parent Survey, Navajo County, 2007 African
American1%Missing
9%
More than 1 race
6%
Pacific Islander
1%
American Indian57%
White26%
Results
• 78% (n=109) of parents reported that their child had talked to them about the 5 fruits & vegetables a day lessons that they had been learning at school.
• 77% (n=131) of parents reported that they had seen the FFN that their child brought home from school.
• Over half 65% (n=111) of parents reported that they were planning on trying the recipes in the FFN.
Results
• Just over half 54% (n=92) of parents reported using 2% reduced fat milk for drinking or cooking. Table to the right show the number and percentage of parents who reported using various types of milk.
Table. Milk Consumption By Type5 A Day Parent Surveys
Type Number Percent
Skim or fat free 9 5.2%
1% low fat 11 6.4%
2% reduced fat 92 54.1%
Whole 39 22.9%
Combination of milk types
16 9.4%
Refused 1 0.6%
Other: Organic 2 1.2%
Other: Dry Milk 1 0.6%
Results
• 75% (n=128) of parents reported participanting in physical activity in the past 30 days.
• The vast majority 75% (n=128) of parents reported that they knew how to read the Nutrition Facts Label.
• A picture of the 5 A Day logo was provided, almost all the parents 95% (n=132) knew that the logo meant to “Eat five or most colorful fruits and vegetables per day.”
Write in Comments
• A write-in comment section was provided for parents to indicate what kind of nutrition information they would like to have for their family.
• Over half (59%) of respondents answered the question.
• Themes included wanting more information on healthy eating, more healthy recipes, and healthy cooking.
Discussion
• Drawing from the survey, • Parents received information about nutrition, • The respondents were mostly minority
women, average age was 33.4, and non-Hispanic.
• They drink and cook with 2% milk. • They are interested in learning more about
nutrition for their families.
What Now??? Good Question..
• Does anyone have ideas?
Applications
• We will continue to provide the FFN as take home handouts.
• Survey the parents again. • We will add a question, asking the parents
about nutrition program satisfaction. • It will help us with curriculum choices to
provide at schools.
Questions? Comments…
Thank You!!
AzNN Staff & Shelly Kuklish, For Helping me withYour technical support.
