Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Barriers, Strategies, and Resources to Thriving School Gardens. |
| Authors: |
Hoover, Amy, Vandyousefi, Sarvenaz, Martin, Bonnie, Nikah, Katie, Cooper, Michele Hockett, Muller, Anne, Marty, Edwin, Duswalt-Epstein, Marissa, Burgermaster, Marissa, Waugh, Lyndsey, Linkenhoker, Brie, Davis, Jaimie N. |
| Source: |
Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior. Jul2021, Vol. 53 Issue 7, p591-601. 11p. |
| Subjects: |
TEACHER education, LEADERSHIP, CURRICULUM, NUTRITION education, SURVEYS, SCHOOLS, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, LOGISTIC regression analysis, HORTICULTURE |
| Geographic Terms: |
TEXAS |
| Abstract: |
To identify school garden attributes and practices that most strongly contribute to garden use and sustainability and translate them into recommendations for improving garden-based nutrition education. Surveys were developed and administered to school stakeholders to assess the barriers, strategies, and resources for successful school garden-based nutrition education. A panel of school garden experts identified thriving school gardens. Logistic regression was used to identify which attributes predicted thriving school garden programs. Approximately 109 schools across Greater Austin, TX. A total of 523 school teachers and 174 administrators. Barriers, strategies, and resources relevant to successful school gardening nutrition programs. Thriving school gardens were 3-fold more likely to have funding and community partner use (P = 0.022 and P = 0.024), 4 times more likely to have active garden committees (P = 0.021), available garden curriculum (P = 0.003), teacher training (P = 0.045), ≥ 100 students who used the garden annually (P = 0.047), and 12 times more likely to have adequate district and administrator support (P = 0.018). Adequate administrative and district support is fundamental when implementing a school garden. Schools may benefit from finding additional funding, providing teacher garden training, providing garden curriculum, forming garden leadership committees, and partnering with local community organizations to improve garden-based nutrition education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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