We’ll compare our survey results in April to the survey results from our baseline assessment back at the beginning of the school year. Our teachers and students will be responsible for making the survey available to all students at the school. What will data collection entail over the next few months?Īs the school year is nearing the end, we are gearing up for our final post-survey evaluations at each of our schools. That stigma-free approach lowers so many barriers for students experiencing food insecurity, and is a meaningful strategy to address not just food insecurity, but nutrition security as well. What I love about the school markets is that they serve as a welcoming and stigma-free environment for students to access healthy foods. What about the School Markets excites you most? Q&A with Second Harvest’s Health and Hunger Strategy Specialist Angela Corona: Nutrition nudges are small changes to the market’s physical environment that subtly influence the decisions that student shoppers make, in this case “nudging” towards choosing the healthiest options available. Students apply the training they receive to implement nutrition nudges within their student-led school pantries and fresh produce distributions. Students participating in the Student Market Management Team receive training and guidance from Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida’s Health and Hunger Strategy Specialist. In addition to improving access to nutritious foods, School Markets are a nutrition education resource for teens. These markets have no income requirements, one way that the markets create a stigma-free atmosphere for all students to shop. School Markets are run by students and distribute food after school throughout the school year for middle and high school students. School Markets, an at-school “grocery store,” provide access to nutritious shelf stable food and fresh produce for children and their families at no cost. Second Harvest established a foundation for supporting students’ health and wellness through their School Market program. Since its inception in 2017, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida’s School Partnerships Program has served over one million meals to elementary, middle and high school students and their families at 65 partnerships located across six counties in Central Florida. Evaluation support will provide insight about best practices in reaching this critically underserved population. Ultimately, we hope these efforts will establish a scalable model to reduce the rate of teen nutrition insecurity across Central Florida. The School Partnerships Program seeks effective and evidence-based methods to improve nutrition knowledge and behaviors in our student-led markets. Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
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