Virginia Team Nutrition Training Grant Workshop Participation Increased Intention to Change in Specific Topics

Authors

• Rachel A Liebe, Oklahoma State UniversityFollow
• Kathleen J Porter, University of VirginiaFollow
• Valisa Hedrick, Virginia TechFollow
• Elena Serrano, Virginia TechFollow
• Kelly Shomo, Virginia Department of EducationFollow
• Sandra Curwood, Virginia Department of EducationFollow
• Sarah Misyak, Virginia TechFollow

Volume

64

Issue

2

Abstract

Team Nutrition is implemented nationally to improve school food environments. Yet evidence on factors impacting implementation is limited. This study aimed to evaluate the execution of the Team Nutrition Training Grant (TNTG) in Virginia elementary schools using the RE-AIM (Reach, Efficacy, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) framework. The TNTG grant was implemented through two train-the-trainer workshops that were conducted with school nutrition directors (SNDs). Overall, SNDs from 84% of school divisions attended at least one workshop. Intention to change increased significantly from pre- to post- for both workshops in some target areas. This evaluation could help practitioners guide the development of evaluation plans for future school-based interventions.

Authors’ Contribution Statement

RL: Formal analysis, Writing – original draft. KP: Methodology, Writing – review & editing. VH: Methodology, Writing – review & editing. ES: Methodology, Writing – review & editing. KS: Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing. SC: Conceptualization, Supervision, Resources, Writing – review & editing. SM: Funding acquisition, Supervision, Project administration, Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing. All authors approved the final manuscript.

Data Availability

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Conflict of Interest

All authors of this article declare no conflicts of interest.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Liebe, R., Porter, K., Hedrick, V., Serrano, E., Shomo, K., Curwood, S., & Misyak, S. (2026). Virginia Team Nutrition Training Grant Workshop Participation Increased Intention to Change in Specific Topics. Journal of Extension, 64(2), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.66752/1077-5315.5691