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Chapter 8 - Promoting Healthy Behaviors and Communities through Food, Nutrition, and Health Extension Efforts

from Part II - Addressing Key Issues in the Well-Being of Children, Youth, and Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2024

By
Lisa Franzen-Castle ,
Michelle Krehbiel  and
Jean Ann Fischer
Edited by
Maria Rosario T. de Guzman  and
Holly Hatton
Maria Rosario T. de Guzman
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Holly Hatton
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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Summary

The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of the Food, Nutrition and Health (FNH) focus area within the Cooperative Extension Service (CES), which includes discussing influential policy and legislation, demonstrating how this focus area has developed and evolved over time, and commenting on potential future directions. This chapter begins by providing information about US Federal legislation that established the CES, as well as other influential laws and policies that have impacted how it operates today. The discussion then moves to how the overarching vision, mission, and goals of FNH programming have remained constant over time, yet, how efforts, audiences, demographics, and methods of engagement have evolved. Such shifts have emerged alongside advancing research, evaluation tools, national guidelines and recommendations, and technology; and as FNH CES adapted to meet the changing needs of clientele. Changes in FNH CES programming also resulted from efforts to be more inclusive and equitable for audiences. Recommendations for future directions in light of current trends and projections in the field of FNH are provided.

Keywords

FoodNutrition and HealthSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program EducationExpanded Food and Nutrition Education ProgramNutrition EducationFederal LegislationCooperative Extension SystemPolicySystems and Environmental ChangeNational Health Frameworks
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Extension Education and the Social Sciences
Uplifting Children, Youth, Families, and Communities
 , pp. 166 - 184
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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