AN INNOVATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION STRATEGY OF AN ALL-AGES AND WHOLE OF COMMUNITY NUTRITION PROGRAM - innovative evaluation strategy

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Harvest Share is a whole-of-community nutrition program designed for all ages, improving diet alongside social and built environments for English-, Chinese-, Spanish-, and Bangla-speaking residents in Sunset Park and surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods. A community-centered, equity-driven multi-level approach is organized around five pillars: food access, nutrition education, experiential learning, food policy, and economic security. The evaluation addresses limits of prior quantitative, clinical-focused research by using a mixed-method, multi-level strategy. It includes surveys and skin carotenoid assessment, language- and income-stratified interviews, ripple effects mapping, partnership evaluation with social networks analysis, and process evaluation.

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Evaluation strategy overview

Program goals and community pillars

Mixed methods at multiple levels

Surveys and skin carotenoid assessment

Language- and income-stratified interviews

Ripple effects mapping

Partnership evaluation and social networks analysis

Process evaluation

Innovation in Aging, 2025, Vol. 9, No. S2 375 Abstract citation ID: igaf122.1275 AN INNOVATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION STRATEGY OF AN ALL-AGES AND WHOLE OF COMMUNITY NUTRITION PROGRAM Dalila Lanza1, Madison LeCroy1, Luisa Cardenas2, R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez1, Nelson Lin3, Stella Yi4, Celine Chan1, and Lan Doan5, 1. New York University Langone Health, New York, New York, United States, 2. New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, United States, 3. Joint Medical Program UC Berkeley Public Health, Berkeley, California, United States, 4. New York University, New York, New York, United States, 5. NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States Harvest Share is a partnership between 11 multi-sector partners including NYU Langone Health, four farming/gardening organizations, three community-based organizations, two elementary schools, and a food pantry. The goal is to implement a whole-of-community intervention suitable for all ages to improve diet and social/built environments for English-, Chinese-, Spanish-, and Bangla-speaking community members living in Sunset Park and surrounding neighborhoods in Brooklyn, NY. This is achieved through a community-centered, equity-driven multi-level strategy centered on five main pillars: food access, nutrition education, experiential learning, food policy, and economic security. Much of the extant nutrition research is evaluated quantitatively and with clinical outcomes, which are limited in its ability to capture nuanced and social outcomes, especially over shorter time periods and for outcomes at the interpersonal or community levels. Furthermore, for community-engaged research or community-based participatory research programs, an important goal is to build equitable partnerships to address health outcomes and reduce disparities, which requires a multi-faceted evaluation strategy beyond individual-level outcomes examining participants. We describe Harvest Share’s innovative and comprehensive evaluation strategy to understand intended and unintended impacts the program had on community partners and program participants of all ages. The evaluation strategy included five mixed methods at multiple levels: 1) surveys and skin carotenoid assessment; 2) semi-structured interviews stratified by language and income level; 3) ripple effects mapping—a participatory method to collect untold stories and behind-the-scene activities that can ripple out from a specific program; 4) partnership evaluation and social networks analysis; and 5) process evaluation.

FAQs

What is Harvest Share and who is it designed to serve?

Harvest Share is a whole-of-community nutrition program intended for all ages. It supports English-, Chinese-, Spanish-, and Bangla-speaking community members in Sunset Park and nearby Brooklyn neighborhoods.

Which five pillars guide the program’s whole-of-community approach?

The program centers on five pillars: food access, nutrition education, experiential learning, food policy, and economic security.

Why does the evaluation go beyond individual-level outcomes?

Existing nutrition research often emphasizes quantitative clinical outcomes, limiting insight into nuanced and social outcomes over shorter periods and across interpersonal or community levels. The program therefore uses a multi-faceted evaluation approach tied to equitable partnerships.

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