| | Name of Organization: | West Virginia University Extension Service | | Contact Name: | Jeff Olson | | Address: | 3110 MacCorkle Avenue, SE | | City: | Charleston | | State: | WV | | Zip: | 25304 | | Phone #: | 304-558-3733 | | Fax #: | 304-558-3822 | | E-mail: | jeff.olson@mail.wvu.edu | | Organization Type: | Government |  |
| | Mission of Organization: | To improve people's diet and physical activity behaviors through hands-on research based educational programs. | | Goals: | The Family Nutrition Program is a county based nutrition/PR education program operating in 32 of West Virginia's counties. It is a collaboration of West Virginia University Extension and the West Virginia Food Stamp Program which targets limited resource families for enrollment in a series of lessons designed to promote improved behaviors. | | Measure of effectiveness of program: | Pre-post knowledge and behavior assessments. | | Collaborators on this program: | DHHR, WIC food banks, Faith Organizations, etc. (county based). | |
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| | Description of program: | To increase physical activity, improve dietary behavior, ensure food safety, increase food shopping and improve food security. | | Topic areas: | Nutrition | | Target population: | 5-18 yrs | | Length of program's existence: | 5 years | | # of people reached annually: | 8,000 | | Is there a fee to participate: | No | |
| | Berkeley, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Fayette, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Morgan, Preston, Raleigh, Summers, Taylor, Upshur, Wayne, Wirt, Wood, Wyoming |
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