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Table 3 Overview of TGEG Outcome and Process Measures

From: Impact of school-based vegetable garden and physical activity coordinated health interventions on weight status and weight-related behaviors of ethnically diverse, low-income students: Study design and baseline data of the Texas, Grow! Eat! Go! (TGEG) cluster-randomized controlled trial

 

Baseline

T2

T3

T4

Student Survey

Behavioral variables (V and SSB consumption and PA behaviors)

X

X

X

X

Gardening experience

X

X

X

X

Nutrition and Science Knowledge

X

X

X

X

Psychosocial variables

X

X

X

X

Parent Survey

Behavioral variables (V and SSB consumption and PA behaviors)

Gardening experience

X

X

 

X

Psychosocial variables

X

X

 

X

Child Health variables

X

X

 

X

Program component experience (reach into home environment)

 

X

 

X

Stadiometer & Tanita Scales

Child BMI

X

X

X

X

Teacher questionnaires & implementation logs

Barriers and facilitators to Implementation

X

X

  

Perceived Implementation Success

X

X

  

Behavioral variables (V consumption and PA behaviors)

X

X

  

Food and PA environment in classroom

X

X

  

Assess program component implementation

X

X

  

Principal interviews

Administrative support for intervention

 

X

  

Extension Project Specialists Interviews

Intervention implementation fidelity

X

   

Volunteers

Psychosocial variables (confidence, attitudes)

X

X

  

Behavioral Variables

X

X

  

Gardening Experience

X

X

  
  1. Abbreviations: V Vegetable, SSB Sugar-sweetened Beverage, PA Physical Activity