Dunivan, Nathan_MED_2020

Title Dunivan, Nathan_MED_2020
Alternative Title A POSITIVE DEVIANCE APPROACH TO AN AFTER-SCHOOL NUTRITION CURRICULUM FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
Creator Dunivan, Nathan
Collection Name Master of Education
Description The United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service found that in the year of 2018, 11.1% of households in the United States were food insecure (USDA, 2019). It was also found that 1 in 6 children in the United States live in a food insecure household (Garner, 2016). Food insecurity is the uncertainty of having, or unable to acquire enough food to meet the needs of their members because of insufficient money or other resources for food at times during the year (Garner, 2016). In the Ogden, Utah, the city in which this curriculum will be implemented, 62% of the population is low income and 27% of those households are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as well (Social Determinates, 2019). Over half of the households in Ogden receiving SNAP have dependent children. Ogden has the highest population of People of Color (POC) at 38.48%. The curriculum is designed with positive deviance as its base. Positive deviance is an innovative behavior change approach that is based upon the premise that populations include individuals who arrive at novel solutions by employing uncommon, beneficial practice, despite having no extra resources or knowledge than the people within their community. The purpose behind creating this nutrition curriculum for local Ogden City Schools who are a part of OgdenCAN, is to combat intergenerational poverty, specifically food insecurity. Students will partake in a nine-month program where they will meet two times per week, and learn topics such as general nutrition, healthy recipe creation, and where our food comes from. The curriculum is designed to fulfill health education standards in the state of Utah, including literacy, English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematic standards.
Keywords USDA economic research service; Food insecurity; Intergenerational poverty
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University
Date 2020
Language eng
Rights The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights.
Source University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Stewart Library, Weber State University
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Format application/pdf
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Setname wsu_smt
ID 96799
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s64az9jz