Evidence-Based Interventions
123 interventions aligned with the Evaluation Framework.
10 Tips for Adults
Overview 10 Tips for Adults (10 Tips) is a multi-level direct education intervention designed to reinforce messages related to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption, increasing physical activity,
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Overview The Alliance for a Healthier Generation (Healthier Generation) supports school and district leaders in creating and sustaining healthy schools where students - especially those from underserv
BE Physically Active 2Day (BEPA 2.0)
Overview BEPA 2.0 is a direct education intervention with added PSE components designed to integrate physical activity (PA) and nutrition concepts through education and activity in K-5 th grade school
Bienestar Health Program
Overview The Bienestar Health Program is a direct education, culturally tailored school-based diabetes mellitus prevention program for low-income Mexican-American children. There are four components t
Bingocize®
Overview Bingocize® is an evidence-based health promotion program that strategically combines the game of bingo, health education, and/or exercise. Trained facilitators may select between separate 10-
Brighter Bites
Overview Brighter Bites is a school-based health promotion program designed to change the behavior of children and their families to prevent childhood obesity and achieve long-term health outcomes. Br
CATCH Early Childhood
Overview The Coordinated Approach to Child Health Early Childhood (CEC) is a direct education and PSE change intervention designed to nurture a love of physical activity (PA) while introducing classro
Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise Plus
Overview The Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) Plus is a multi-component nutrition and physical activity education program for preschool age children and their families.
CHOICE: Creating Healthy Opportunities In Child Care Environments
Overview The CHOICE intervention provides tools to assess and develop nutrition and physical activity policies in child care settings. The CHOICE team developed the Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ)
Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness
Overview Choose Health: Food, Fun, & Fitness (CHFFF) is a direct education curriculum for 8-15 year olds (3rd-8th graders) that uses experiential learning to teach healthy eating and active play. Desi
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
Overview The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) is a direct education intervention that helps individuals and caregivers of those with chronic health conditions build a "toolbox" of strat
Classroom Energizer Teacher Training Workshop
Overview The Classroom Energizer Teacher Training Workshop, led by a SNAP-Ed educator, is a PSE intervention designed to prepare classroom teachers to lead short bursts (2-10 minute breaks) of physica
Color Me Healthy
Overview Color Me Healthy (CMH) is a direct education intervention designed to improve fruit and vegetable intake and increase physical activity (PA) among 4 and 5 year old children in child care and
Common Threads: Cooking Skills and World Cuisine Program
Overview Cooking Skills and World Cuisine (CSWC) is a direct education intervention targeting elementary and middle school aged children designed to increase nutrition knowledge, culinary skills, liki
Common Threads: Small Bites Program
Overview The Small Bites Program is a direct education intervention designed to increase nutrition knowledge, vegetable consumption, and variety of vegetables consumed. The curriculum teaches students
Connecticut Breastfeeding Initiative (CBI)
Overview The Connecticut Breastfeeding Initiative (CBI) is a PSE Change intervention designed to promote practices in maternity facilities that support the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding
Cooking for a Lifetime of Cancer Prevention
Overview The Cooking for a Lifetime of Cancer Prevention (C4L program) is a direct education intervention designed to increase participant's intention to: 1) implement nutrition and physical behaviors
Cooking is a SNAP
Overview Cooking is a SNAP is a direct education intervention designed to (1) increase fruit and vegetable consumption; (2) increase confidence to plan and prepare meals at home and (3) move 30 minute
Cooking Matters
Overview Cooking Matters is helping end childhood hunger by inspiring families to make healthy, affordable food choices. Cooking Matters teaches participants to shop smarter, use nutrition information
Cooking Matters at the Store
Overview Cooking Matters at the Store is a free program that works with families to stretch their food budgets so their children get healthy meals at home. Cooking Matters at the Store is a conversati
Cooking Matters for Healthcare Partners
Overview Cooking Matters for Healthcare Partners (CMHP) is a direct education and policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change intervention designed to increase participant consumption of fruits an
Cooking Matters for WIC Clinics
Overview Cooking Matters for WIC Clinics (CM for WIC) is a direct education intervention designed to enhance the WIC client experience and to improve maternal and child diets and health through improv
Cooking with Kids BIG little Project
Overview Cooking with Kids BIG little Project is a school-based food nutrition education curriculum program designed to educate and empower children and families to make healthy food choices through h
CookShop
Overview CookShop is a core nutrition education program of Food Bank For New York City, providing low-income children and adults with the knowledge and tools to adopt and enjoy a healthy diet and acti
Create Better Health Curriculum
Overview The Create Better Health (CBH) Curriculum is a direct education intervention designed to improve the nutrition and physical activity-related knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy of SNAP-Ed el
Create Healthy Choices: Thumbs Up for Healthy Choices - Food Pantries
Overview Create Healthy Choices: Thumbs Up for Healthy Choices - Food Pantries (Thumbs Up) is a policy, systems, and environment (PSE) change intervention designed to improve the visibility and appeal
Culture of Wellness in Preschools: Nutrition Education and Physical Activity (COWP NE/PA)
Overview Culture of Wellness in Preschools: Nutrition Education and Physical Activity (COWP NE/PA) is a direct education and PSE change intervention designed to increase fruit and vegetable intake and
Culture of Wellness in Preschools: Parent Wellness Workshop (COWP PWW)
Overview The Culture of Wellness in Preschools (COWP), Parent Wellness Workshop Series (PWW) is a direct education intervention designed to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables, increase mode
Culture of Wellness in Preschools: Policy, System and Environment Change Process (COWP)
Overview The Culture of Wellness in Preschools, Policy, System and Environment Change Process (COWP PSE Change Process) is a PSE change intervention designed to implement an average of five changes th
Drexel University High School Nutrition Curriculum
Overview The Drexel University High School Nutrition Curriculum is a direct education curriculum designed to teach high school students the principles of the MyPlate Food Guidance system, while encour
Eagle Adventure
Overview The Eagle Adventure (EA) was designed to address the need for culturally relevant SNAP-Ed programming to prevent type 2 diabetes in Indian Country. EA was developed using the CDC Eagle Book s
Eat Smart in Parks
Overview Eat Smart in Parks (ESIP) is a PSE change and social marketing intervention designed to promote healthier eating in Missouri's state and local parks. The effort includes the development of a
Eat Smart to Play Hard
Overview Eat Smart to Play Hard (ESPH) is a four-week social marketing campaign in which the community collaborates to engage students, parents, teachers, school staff, and other stakeholders in a com
Eat Well & Keep Moving
Overview Eat Well & Keep Moving is a direct education and PSE change intervention designed to equip children with the knowledge, skills, and supportive environment they need in order to lead healthier
Eat Well Play Hard in Child Care Settings (EWPHCCS)
Overview Eat Well Play Hard in Child Care Settings (EWPHCCS) is a direct education and PSE change intervention that focuses on improving the nutrition and physical activity behaviors of pre-school age
Eating Smart • Being Active
Overview Eating Smart • Being Active is a direct education healthy eating, active living intervention designed for paraprofessional nutrition peer educators to use when teaching low-income families to
Empower Program
Overview The Empower Program is a PSE Change intervention developed by the Arizona Department of Health Services to support the efforts of licensed early care and education (ECE) facilities and certif
Faithful Families Thriving Communities
Overview Faithful Families Thriving Communities (Faithful Families) is a direct education and PSE change intervention that builds on the connection between health and faith at multiple levels of the
Families Eating Smart and Moving More
Overview Families Eating Smart, Moving More (FESMM) is a direct education intervention designed to improve dietary intake, increase daily physical activity, and improve home food safety practices, foo
Farm to Early Care and Education
Overview Farm to Early Care and Education (farm to ECE) is a PSE change intervention designed to increase access to healthy, local foods in ECE settings through local food purchasing and gardening; in
Farm to School
Overview Farm to school is a Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) change and direct education intervention designed to improve access to local foods in pre-k to 12th grade school settings and prov
FNV
Overview The FNV Campaign is a social marketing and PSE change intervention that aims to present fruits and vegetables in a way that is both fun and cool, ultimately shifting attitudes, behavior and s
Food eTalk
Overview Food eTalk is direct education intervention designed to increase participant's daily intake of fruit and vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat dairy products; decrease daily intak
Food Hero
Overview Food Hero is a multi-channel social marketing campaign designed to change family and community behaviors. Food Hero includes an extensive evaluation process. The program is designed to increa
Food Talk: Better U
Overview The Food Talk: Better U (FTBU) curriculum is a direct nutrition education and obesity prevention curriculum taught by paraprofessionals in a classroom setting and focuses on healthy weight ma
FoodCorps Healthy School Toolkit
Overview The FoodCorps Healthy School Toolkit is a PSE change intervention designed to improve school food environments over time. The Toolkit includes a research-backed assessment tool that is used b
FoodShare South Carolina
Overview FoodShare South Carolina is a PSE change intervention designed to improve food security and health outcomes through fresh food access and affordability. Every 2 weeks residents can order a Fr
Fresh Conversations
Overview Fresh Conversations (FC) is a direct education, newsletter-based intervention for seniors. FC targets behaviors known to reduce chronic disease burden and promote healthy aging. It promotes h
Go NAPSACC
Overview NAPSACC/Go NAPSACC is a direct education and PSE change intervention designed to enhance nutrition and physical activity practices in early care and education programs by improving the: suppo
Go Wild with Fruits & Veggies!
Overview Go Wild with Fruits & Veggies (Go Wild) is a nutrition education program designed to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables and increase physical activity through direct education and
Grazing with Marty Moose
Overview Grazing with Marty Moose (GWMM) is a youth direct education and PSE intervention designed to help 3rd grade students make healthier food and physical activity choices while encouraging school
Growing Healthy Kids: Garden-Enhanced Nutrition Curriculum
Overview Growing Healthy Kids (GHK) is a garden-themed, direct education curriculum aimed to integrate nutrition education with gardening to promote healthy eating and healthy choices among children,
Harvest for Healthy Kids
Overview Harvest for Healthy Kids (HHK) is a direct education and PSE change intervention that promotes healthy eating habits among preschoolers through repeated exposure to a variety of fruits and ve
Health Bucks
Overview The Health Bucks program is a PSE change intervention that distributes $2 coupons redeemable for fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables at New York City (NYC) farmers markets. Health Bucks
Healthy Apple Program
Overview The Healthy Apple Program is a PSE Change tool designed to improve the nutrition, physical activity practices, and environment of child care facilities. The program recognizes achievements by
Healthy Behaviors Initiative
Overview The Healthy Behaviors Initiative (HBI) is an after school (AS) program designed to enable and recognize on-site staff to offer practical, user-friendly and effective nutrition, physical activ
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds: Nutrition Workshops for Teachers
Overview Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds: Nutrition Workshops for Teachers is a direct education intervention designed to increase the knowledge and self-efficacy of teachers, in order to support them i
Healthy Children, Healthy Families: Parents making a difference!
Overview The Healthy Children, Healthy Families: Parents making a difference! (HCHF) is an 8-week intervention designed to increase healthy eating and physical activity and to reduce screen time. HCHF
Healthy Choices Catch On
Overview Since 2006, Michigan Fitness Foundation's SNAP-Ed Social Marketing campaigns have been effectively engaging and influencing nutrition and physical activity behaviors among SNAP-Ed eligible re
Healthy Choices for Every Body Adult Nutrition Education Curriculum
Overview The Healthy Choices for Every Body (HCEB) is a direct education intervention designed to improve diet quality, physical activity, and food safety practices, as well as enhance food security a
Healthy Drinks for Toddlers
Overview Healthy Drinks for Toddlers is a social marketing intervention designed for caregivers of young children to discourage provision of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and encourage water consum
Healthy Kindergarten Initiative
Overview The Healthy Kindergarten Initiative (KI) is a direct education and PSE Change intervention that includes an integrated, holistic approach to educating children and their caregivers about maki
Healthy Nutrition Guidelines for LA County
Overview The Healthy Food Procurement Initiative in Los Angeles County is a PSE Change intervention designed to improve the q uality of food p urchased and offered in food service contracts through t
Healthy Steps to Freedom
Overview Healthy Steps to Freedom (HSF) is a direct education health, nutrition, and body image program (part of a broader intervention that includes PSE) designed to augment existing broad-based drug
Heart Smarts
Overview Heart Smarts is a direct education, PSE change, and social marketing intervention that combines healthy food access, nutrition education, and health and social services for individuals to imp
Hip Hop to Health Jr.
Overview Hip Hop to Health Jr. is a direct education intervention designed to encourage healthy eating and exercise for children ages 3-5 years. Intervention Target Behavior: Healthy Eating, Physical
Husky Reads: A Food and Nutrition Literacy Program for Preschool Children
Overview Husky Reads is a direct education intervention designed to promote nutrition and literacy among preschool children. Husky Reads works in conjunction with three other programs (Husky Nutrition
I am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL)
Overview I am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL) is a direct education and PSE Change intervention designed to increase daily moderate-to vigorous physical activity, improve the quality of movement activiti
iCook 4-H: Cooking, Eating, and Playing Together
Overview The iCook 4-H Program is a direct education intervention designed to reach the following objectives: increase cooking skills and culinary self-efficacy, improve openness to new foods, increas
Illinois Junior Chefs
Overview Illinois Junior Chefs (IJC) is a direct education curriculum designed to improve dietary attitudes and behaviors in youth ages 8-13 through learning hands-on cooking skills and MyPlate food g
Integrated Nutrition Education Program
Overview The Integrated Nutrition Education Program (INEP) is a multi-level comprehensive direct education and policy, system, and environment (PSE) change intervention designed to increase fruit and
Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables
Overview Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables (JSY) is a direct education and PSE change intervention designed to promote health and reduce long-term chronic disease risks through the promotion of in
Kids Cook!®
Overview Kids Cook!® is a direct education program designed to encourage children and families to adopt healthier behaviors through hands-on preparation of a variety of nutrient-rich foods paired with
Learning Collaboratives
Overview Learning Collaboratives are a PSE change intervention that uses a learning collaborative model to promote healthy environments, policies, and practices in early care and education (ECE) setti
Let's Eat Healthy: Teens (Online)
Overview Dairy Council of California's Let's Eat Healthy: Teens (LEH Teens) is a direct education intervention, which consists of four online lessons that seek to improve high school students' awarene
Linking Lessons for Schools
Overview Linking Lessons for Schools (LL-S) is a direct education resource designed to improve food behaviors with a focus on increasing fruit and vegetable consumption of youth in grades 7-12. LL-S c
Michigan Harvest to Table
Overview Michigan Harvest to Table™ (MiHarvest) (formerly called Michigan Harvest of the Month™ (HOTM)) is a multi-level intervention designed to increase consumption of and access to fruits and veget
Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do It!
Overview Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do it! (MEND) program is a direct education intervention designed to manage overweight, obesity in children 2-13 years old and their families by improving health, fi
Motivating Adolescents with Technology to CHOOSE Health (MATCH)
Overview The Motivating Adolescents with Technology to CHOOSE Health (MATCH) is a direct education and PSE Change intervention designed to decrease BMI and increase healthy eating and physical activit
My TIME to Eat Healthy and Move More
Overview My TIME to Eat Healthy and Move More (My TIME) is a direct education intervention designed to actively engage parents and children in a co-learning process as they experience how to make heal
Nutrition Environment Food Pantry Toolkit
Overview The Nutritio n Environment Food Pantry Toolkit is a PSE change intervention designed to create pantry space s where the healthy choice is the easy choice and that promote dignity
One Healthy Breakfast Program
Overview The One Healthy Breakfast Program (OHBP) is a direct education, social marketing, and PSE change intervention designed to improve home, community, and school food environments to ensure that
Out of School Nutrition and Physical Activity (OSNAP)
Overview The Out of School Nutrition and Physical Activity (OSNAP) Initiative is a PSE change intervention designed to increase healthy nutrition and physical activity and reduce screen time for child
PE-Nut™
Overview PE-Nut™ is a direct education and PSE change intervention that provides a whole-school approach to motivate students, and families to be physically active and eat healthier. Physical educator
Pennsylvania Healthy Pantry Initiative
Overview The Pennsylvania Healthy Pantry Initiative (PA HPI) is a PSE change intervention designed to increase access to healthy food and promote healthy food choices within the food pantry. PA HPI pr
Pick a Better Snack
Overview Pick a Better Snack is a direct education and social marketing intervention that aims to increase fruit and vegetable consumption and promote daily physical activity among children. The prog
Pick it! Try it! Like it!
Overview Pick it! Try it! Like it! (PTL) is a direct education and social marketing intervention which aims to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables by providing consumer information on select
PowerUp Your School
Overview PowerUp Your School (PowerUp) is an evidence-based physical activity program aligned with academic standards and social-emotional learning skills. As a direct education program, PowerUp helps
Preschools Shaping Healthy Impressions through Nutrition and Exercise (SHINE)
Overview The Preschools Shaping Healthy Impressions through Nutrition and Exercise (SHINE) program is a voluntary nutrition and physical activity recognition program for licensed child care centers an
Project breakFAST (Fueling Academics and Strengthening Teens)
Overview Project breakFAST is a Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change intervention designed to increase high school breakfast participation. In this intervention, a school breakfast team, made up
PSE Readiness Assessment and Decision Instrument (PSE READI)
Overview The PSE READI intervention was designed with guidance from SNAP-Ed and public health practitioners in Ohio to promote successful implementation of community nutrition Policy, System, and Envi
ReFresh
Overview The ReFresh curriculum is a direct education intervention designed to encourage students to consume more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and to be more physically active. Composed of a
School Nutrition Policy Initiative (SNPI)
Overview The School Nutrition Policy Initiative (SNPI) was a policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change intervention designed to improve prevalence of childhood obesity in school age children in
School Physical Activity & Nutrition-Environment Tool (SPAN-ET)
Overview The School Physical Activity and Nutrition Environment Tool (SPAN-ET) is a PSE Change tool used by school sector stakeholders to assess elementary and middle/high school resources and readine
Simply Cent$ible Nutrition
Overview Simply Cent$ible Nutrition is an adult direct education intervention designed to help individuals and families with limited resources shop, cook, and eat healthier on a budget. Nutrition ed
SNAP-Ed Soccer for Success
Overview Soccer for Success ( SfS ) is a direct education intervention designed to improve fitness levels of participants, improve nutritional knowledge and behavior of participants (and their familie
SPARK
Overview SPARK has numerous evidence-based programs designed to improve health that target areas such as physical education, after school, early childhood and coordinated school health. SPARK aims to
Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaching Program
Overview The Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program (SYDCP) facilitates partnerships between medical training programs and high schools serving youth from socioeconomically disadvantaged and underrep
Start Strong: Cooking, Feeding, and More
Overview The Start Strong: Cooking, Feeding, and More is a direct education intervention for child care providers that promotes policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change in child care settings.
Stay Strong, Stay Healthy
Overview Stay Strong, Stay Healthy (SSSH) is a direct education intervention designed to help older adults increase physical activity, decrease sedentary behaviors, increase fruit and vegetable consum
Steps to Health's Nuts and Bolts of a Healthy Food Pantry
Overview The Nuts and Bolts of a Health Food Pantry Toolkit is a direct education and PSE change intervention that is designed to support pantries in improving the food environment so their clients ca
Steps to Health's PSE Toolkit: The Ingredients for a Welcoming Farmers Market
Overview The Ingredients for a Welcoming Farmers Market Toolkit is a PSE change intervention that uses best practices to contribute to a more welcoming farmers market environment for all community mem
Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy
Overview Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy is a PSE and social marketing intervention designed to increase consumer demand for healthy foods in communities and to increase amount of healthy foods sold by ur
StrongPeople™ Strong Hearts
Overview StrongPeople ™ Strong Hearts (SPSH) is a cardiovascular disease risk reduction program for midlife and older adults designed to improve diet and physical activity behaviors, assess local food
Supporting Health and Activity in Preschool Environments (SHAPES)
Overview Supporting Health and Activity in Preschool Environments (SHAPES) is a direct education intervention designed to increase young children's physical activity (PA) levels by teaching the import
Teen Battle Chef
Overview Teen Battle Chef (TBC) is a direct education and PSE change intervention designed to develop skills in nutrition, cooking, and leadership for participants and their families through cooking l
Telephonic Health Coaching Intervention Toolkit
Overview The Telephonic Health Coaching Intervention (THC) Toolkit is a direct education intervention designed to: Increase frequency of eating all five food groups Increase frequency of eating a vari
Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite Program
Overview The Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite program (TMFW) is a Policy Systems and Environmental (PSE) Change, employer recognition program that designates worksites as "Texas Mother-Friendly" if they
Text2BHealthy
Overview Text2BHealthy is a social marketing and direct education text message-based intervention designed to stimulate positive behavior change in parents with respect to grocery shopping habits, fru
Text2LiveHealthy
Overview The Text2LiveHealthy (T2LH) intervention is a direct education and social marketing intervention designed to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables, increase physical activity, and
The Children's Healthy Living Program
Overview The Children's Healthy Living Program (CHL) is a direct education, social marketing, and PSE change intervention designed to help children ages 2-8 in pacific communities decrease sugar-sweet
The Early Childhood Program Wellness Policy Workbook
Overview The Early Childhood Program Wellness Policy Workbook is designed to promote the adoption of wellness policies and implementation of best practices at the center level to create cultures of he
The Farmers Market Food Navigator Program
Overview The Farmers Market Food Navigator Program is a direct education and policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change intervention designed to increase use of farmers markets as a place to purc
The OrganWise Guys Program
Overview The OrganWise Guys Program (OWG) can be delivered via both direct and indirect education including PSE change interventions designed to increase fruit and vegetable consumption and increase p
The Safe and Healthy Food Pantries Project
Overview The Safe and Healthy Food Pantries Project (SHFPP) is a PSE change intervention designed to improve the food environment and food safety practices within an emergency food pantry. The SHFPP m
Together, We Inspire Smart Eating
Overview Together, We Inspire Smart Eating (WISE) is a direct education intervention designed to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in children in early education programs as well as in the home
Turtle Island Tales Family Wellness Program
Overview The Turtle Island Tales family wellness program is a home-based, family-level, direct education intervention designed to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, decrease added sugar intake,
UCONN Husky Nutrition On-the-Go, Sugary Drink Reduction
Overview Husky Nutrition On-the-Go: Sugary Drink Reduction (SDR) is a direct education intervention designed to reduce sugary drink consumption among three to five-year-old children enrolled in early
Veggie Van Toolkit
Overview The Veggie Van (VV) Toolkit is a policy, systems, and environmental change intervention designed to: Increase access to healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables in lower income and/or food i
VeggieBook
Overview VeggieBook is a social marketing and direct education intervention app that is designed to help users choose customized recipes and healthy eating tips which ultimately lead to increased vege
Walk With Ease
Overview Walk With Ease is a direct education program that is designed to promote education about successful physical activity for people with arthritis, arthritis self-management and walking safely a
Young at Heart Strength Training - A Fall Prevention Program
Overview The Young at Heart Strength Training - A Fall Prevention Program (YAH) is a direct education intervention designed to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviors in older adults
Youth Participatory Action Research Projects (YPAR)
Overview Youth-led Participatory Action Research Projects (YPAR) engage youth in projects that address and promote nutrition and physical activity issues in their community. YPAR aims to empower you