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Community-based Meal Kit Program

Community-based Meal Kit Program

Publications

    Mealtime Behaviors | Social Status | Recipe Usage | Satisfaction | Willingness to Pay | Participant Spending | Food Security and Food Access | Perceived Stress | Diet Quality | Biometrics | Qualitative Feedback | Production and Distribution

    Mealtime Behaviors

    • Sweeney, L. H., Carman, K., Varela, E. G., House, L. A., & Shelnutt, K. P. (2021). Cooking, Shopping, and Eating Behaviors of African American and Hispanic Families: Implications for a Culturally Appropriate Meal Kit Intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(18), 9827. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189827 
      • Demographic: target audience
      • Evaluation tools: Food Purchasing Behaviors, Food Preparation Behaviors, Food Consumption Behaviors, Perception of Meal Kits
      • Domains: mealtime behaviors

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    Social Status

    • Yarborough, J., Chambers, K., Carmen, K., Ramirez Sierra, I., House, L., Mathews, A., Shelnutt, K. (2022). A Healthy Meal Kit Intervention Improves Subjective Social Status of Rural and Suburban Participants with Low-income. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 54 (7S), S86-S87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.04.030
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients
      • Evaluation tools: Social Status
      • Domains: social status

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    Recipe Usage

    • Chambers, K., Carmen, K., Ramirez Sierra, I., Yarborough, J., Mitchell, A., House, L., Mathews, A., Shelnutt, K. (2022). Comparing Usage and Mean Satisfaction of Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Meal Kit Recipes in Rural and Suburban Families. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 54 (7S), s88-S89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.04.189 
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients
      • Evaluation tools: Consumer Choice Survey
      • Domains: recipe usage, satisfaction

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    Satisfaction

    • Chambers, K., Carmen, K., Ramirez Sierra, I., Yarborough, J., Mitchell, A., House, L., Mathews, A., Shelnutt, K. (2022). Comparing Usage and Mean Satisfaction of Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Meal Kit Recipes in Rural and Suburban Families. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 54 (7S), s88-S89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.04.189 
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients
      • Evaluation tools: Consumer Choice Survey
      • Domains: recipe usage, satisfaction

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    Willingness to Pay

    • Carman, K., Sweeney, L. H., House, L. A., Mathews, A. E., & Shelnutt, K. P. (2021). Acceptability and Willingness to Pay for a Meal Kit Program for African American Families with Low Income: A Pilot Study. Nutrients, 13(8), 2881. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082881 
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients
      • Evaluation tools: USDA 18-Item Household Food Security Survey, Knowledge and Use Survey, Acceptability Survey, Sociodemographic Characteristics, Weekly Process Survey
      • Domains: willingness to pay
    • Brunson, L., Carmen, K., Chambers, K., Ramirez Sierra, I., Yarborough, J., Mitchell, A., House, L., Mathews, A., Shelnutt, K. (2022). Assessing Willingness-to-Pay for Meal Kits in Rural and Suburban Communities. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 54 (7S), s87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.04.186 
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients
      • Evaluation tools: Consumer Choice Survey (Baseline/Post)
      • Domains: mealtime behaviors, social status, recipe usage, satisfaction, and willingness to pay, spending, food security, perceived stress, diet quality, biometrics, qualitative feedback, production and distribution

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    Participant Spending

    • Zambrano, R., Chambers, K., Johns, T., Ramirez Sierra, I., Mitchell, A., House, L., Mathews, A., Shelnutt, K. (2023). Evaluate Grocery Store Access Influence on Food and Beverage Shopping Habits of Meal Kit Intervention Participants. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 55 (7S). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2023.05.040 
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients, 
      • Evaluation tools: Consumer Choice Survey
      • Domains: spending

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    Food Security

    • Chambers, K., Johns, T., Ramirez Sierra, I., Mitchell, A., House, L., Mathews, A., Shelnutt, K. (2023). Evaluate the Impact of a Healthy Meal Kit Intervention on Food Security and Fruit and Vegetable Intake at Post and Follow-up. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 55 (7S), 17-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2023.05.041 
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients
      • Evaluation tools: USDA 18-Item Household Food Security (FS) Survey Module, short Health Eating Index (sHEI) Screener
      • Domains: food security

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    Perceived Stress

    • Mitchell, A., Chambers, K., Carmen, K., Ramirez Sierra, I., Yarborough, J., House, L., Mathews, A., Shelnutt, K. (2022). Perceived Stress in Rural and Suburban Dwelling Participants After a Meal Kit Intervention. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 55 (12S). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.04.030 
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients
      • Evaluation tools: Perceived Stress Survey, MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status, 18-Item Food Security Module
      • Domains: social status, food security, perceived stress

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    Diet Quality

    • Badolato, M., Shelnutt, K., House, L., Chambers, K., Colee, J., Mathews, A. (2023). Skin Carotenoid Status May Provide Insight Into Overall Diet Quality in Adolescents. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 55 (7S), 56-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2023.05.041
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients, high school students, community stakeholders, target audience
      • Evaluation tools: short Health Eating Index (sHEI) Screener, Demographic questionnaire 
      • Domains: diet quality, biometrics

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    Biometrics

    • Badolato, M., Shelnutt, K., House, L., Chambers, K., Colee, J., Mathews, A. (2023). Skin Carotenoid Status May Provide Insight Into Overall Diet Quality in Adolescents. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 55 (7S), 56-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2023.05.041
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients, high school students, community stakeholders, target audience
      • Evaluation tools: short Health Eating Index (sHEI) Screener, Demographic questionnaire 
      • Domains: diet quality, biometrics

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    Qualitative Feedback

    • McNulty, E., Chambers, K., Zambrano, R., Ramirez, I., Mitchell, A., House, L., Mathews, A., Shelnutt, K. (2023). Evaluating Participant Recipe Changes in a Healthy Meal Kit Intervention for Families with Low Income. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 123(10), A18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2023.08.039 
      • Demographic: meal kit recipients
      • Evaluation tools: Perceived Stress Survey, MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status, 18-Item Food Security Module
      • Domains: mealtime behaviors, recipe usage, satisfaction, qualitative feedback

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    Production and Distribution

    • Ramirez Sierra, I., Chambers, K., Mitchell, A., House, L., Mathews, A., Shelnutt, K. (2023). Stakeholder Input for Creating and Implementing a Meal Kit Service Program in Communities With Low Income. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 55 (7S), 29. https://www.jneb.org/article/S1499-4046(23)00184-7/pdf 
      • Demographic: Community stakeholders, target audience
      • Evaluation tools: Perceived Stress Survey, MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status, 18-Item Food Security Module
      • Domains: social status, satisfaction, production and distribution

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