Volume
48
Issue
5
DOI
10.34068/joe.48.05.11
Abstract
Extension administrators and educators wonder why low-income audiences refrain from participating or underparticipate in educational opportunities. This may be due to a gap between administrator or educator views of program participation barriers versus the lived experience of low-income audiences. Virginia Cooperative Extension worked to bridge this gap in perspectives by using Nutrition Program Assistants as a leverage point for recruiting and gathering authentic data on program participation from low-income individuals. Even though program assistants rarely serve in this role, their connection with low-income clientele and groups that serve them is invaluable for gathering authentic program data.
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Recommended Citation
McFerren, M., Franz, N., & Lambur, M. (2010). Nutrition Education Program Assistants: A Leverage Point for Collecting Authentic Program Data. The Journal of Extension, 48(5), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.48.05.11
