Jessica Soldavini, MPH, RD, CLEC

CNAP Spotlight
Successfully Coordinating
Nutrition Messages Through
CNAP Partners
Presented by:
Jessica Soldavini, MPH, RD, CLEC
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
What are the Santa Clara
County Nutrition and Physical
Activity Monthly Themes?
Calendar
Toolkit
• Ideas for promoting the
monthly themes
• Monthly handouts
– MyPlate 10 tips sheet
– Harvest of the Month
– Physical Activity
• Recipes
• Resource links
Development
CNAP Prior to FFY 15
• CNAP group consisted of only SNAP-Ed
funded partners
• Focused primarily on coordination of
sites where education was provided
• Little coordination of nutrition and
physical activity messaging and
resources across agencies in Santa
Clara County
Integrated Work Plan
Objective
• By September 30, 2015, collaborate with
at least five partner agencies in the
community to coordinate consistent
nutrition and physical activity
messaging to the SNAP-Ed eligible
population in Santa Clara County.
Selection of Monthly
Themes
• Promote fruit and vegetable consumption,
physical activity, and key messaging from the
2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
• Many tied to national health observances,
NEOPB signature campaigns, and/or holidays
• For Harvest of the Month Theme, Second
Harvest Food Bank provided input on produce
items typically distributed by the food bank
each month, and which items clients had most
difficulty knowing how to prepare
Implementation and
Bringing on New Partners
September 2014 Training
Email List
• Monthly emails with soft copies of
materials, resource links, and ideas for
promoting the monthly themes
Expanding CNAP – October
2014 Meeting
Facebook Page and Monthly
Contest
Monthly Themes in Action
March 2015 Training
Outcomes and Next Steps
Providers Trained
• September 2014
– 68 providers trained
• March 2015
– 81 providers trained
• For both trainings, majority of participants
strongly agreed or strongly agreed that
they plan to use the calendar and toolkit
Email List and Facebook
• Currently over 240 providers receiving
monthly emails
• 86 likes on Facebook as of May 25, 2015
Quarter 1 Survey
• 14% response rate
• Increase in number of individuals promoting
each month
• 38% increased nutrition and physical activity
promotion as a result of the monthly themes
• Most common ways of promoting the
monthly themes
– Distribute handouts to participants – 75%
– Conduct taste tests/recipe demonstrations – 42%
Quarter 2 Survey
• 8% response rate
• Increase in number of individuals promoting
each month
• 61% increased nutrition and physical activity
promotion as a result of the monthly themes
• Most common ways of promoting the
monthly themes
– Distribute handouts to participants – 88%
– Conduct taste tests/recipe demonstrations – 44%
– Promote nutrition and/or physical activity to
employees – 38%
– Conduct classes or presentations – 38%
Additional Outcomes
• Increased number of partners
• Monthly themes being written into
grants outside of SNAP-Ed
• Expansion into other counties
Next Steps
• Post calendar and toolkit on Santa Clara
County Public Health Department
website
• Quarterly surveys
• Continue biannual trainings
• Update calendar and toolkit based on
organizations’ feedback
• Recruit more organizations to promote
the monthly themes
Questions?
Contact Information
Jessica Soldavini, MPH, RD, CLEC
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Jessica.Soldavini@phd.sccgov.org