Community Health Worker Implementation and Cost Analysis of a Plant-Based Nutrition Program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study describes program implementation through a research-restaurant partnership and assesses participant satisfaction, program costs, and percent body weight changes.

Methods

Participants (n = 60) in a virtual synchronous (n = 43) or virtual asynchronous (n = 17) 12-week plant-based nutrition program received restaurant vouchers. Class satisfaction data were collected weekly. Assessments were completed at baseline, 3 months, and 9 months, along with interviews (n = 13) between 3 and 9 months. The costing approach estimated costs per participant. Interviews were coded using a content analysis and constant comparative method.

Results

Participants rated the intervention favorably. Program costs were $198.63/participant, and participants' willingness to pa

SUBMITTER: Bernhart JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10999348 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature