Planning and progress evaluation of a dietary education program aimed at “vegetable dish plus 1 serving per day” using a website as a teaching material

Abstract

Purpose: To share with practitioners and researchers the progress evaluation of a food education program aimed at increasing the vegetable dish plus 1 serving (approximately 70 g) per day.

Method: The relevant organisations included a website production company commissioned by the organiser to produce the teaching materials that were planned and proposed by the organiser and a questionnaire survey company commissioned to conduct the survey and recruit participants. The organiser created a program implementation plan and decided on the food education program outline. The organisers’ planning evaluation was divided into two parts: evaluations of the plan and the teaching materials. The contents corresponding to the planning and progress evaluations were organised from the free descriptions of the program participants, which were collected from program participants in December 2015 and analysed using content analysis.

Results: The organiser’s planning evaluation was evaluated for duration, frequency, time, and content validity and was judged to be appropriate in terms of the validity of the presented materials. The progress evaluation revealed that many of the findings related to the participants’ behaviour and preparatory factors, and that this program, which was designed to change vegetable intake behaviour, was appropriate. The use of free-form descriptions allowed us to capture minority opinions.

Conclusion: Planning and progress evaluations were conducted from both implementer and participant perspectives. The results can be shared with practitioners and researchers who plan similar practical activities in the future.