Table 1.
Process evaluation of the skill-building intervention at post-intervention
| Survey questions | Skill-building n = 160a % (n) |
Combined n = 160a % (n) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletters | |||
| In the past 3 months, did you receive newsletters from us about healthy eating? (implementation) | 0.493 | ||
| Yes | 98.0 (146) | 99.3 (151) | |
| No | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | |
| Don’t know | 0.7 (1) | 0.7 (1) | |
| If yes, how useful did you find these newsletters? (implementation) | 0.457 | ||
| 5 Extremely useful | 14.9 (21) | 17.2 (25) | |
| 4 | 34.0 (48) | 29.0 (42) | |
| 3 | 30.5 (43) | 35.2 (51) | |
| 2 | 18.4 (26) | 13.8 (20) | |
| 1 Not at all useful | 2.1 (3) | 4.8 (7) | |
| How many of the 8 newsletters did you read? (implementation) | 0.919 | ||
| All | 51.8 (75) | 51.7 (78) | |
| About 75 % | 19.3 (28) | 22.5 (34) | |
| About 50 % | 16.6 (24) | 13.3 (20) | |
| About 25 % | 9.7 (14) | 9.9 (15) | |
| None | 2.8 (4) | 2.7 (4) | |
| On average how long did it take you to read through a newsletter? (implementation) (mean ± SD) | 11.9 ± 12.8 mins | 11.8 ± 8.8 mins | 0.899 |
| Recipes | |||
| Did you use any of the recipes provided? (implementation) | 0.114 | ||
| Yes | 45.6 (67) | 53.6 (81) | |
| No | 53.1 (78) | 46.3 (70) | |
| Don’t know | 1.4 (2) | 0 (0) | |
| If yes, how many have you used? (implementation) | 0.860 | ||
| All | 1.5 (1) | 2.4 (2) | |
| 13–15 | 1.5 (1) | 1.2 (1) | |
| 10–12 | 0 (0) | 1.2 (1) | |
| 7–9 | 1.5 (1) | 4.9 (4) | |
| 4–6 | 30.8 (20) | 24.4 (20) | |
| 1–3 | 64.6 (42) | 64.6 (53) | |
| How often have you used the recipes? (implementation) | 0.815 | ||
| Every day | 0 | 0 | |
| Every 2–3 days | 3.0 (2) | 3.7 (3) | |
| About once a week | 16.7 (11) | 15.9 (13) | |
| About once every 2 weeks | 34.9 (23) | 28.1 (23) | |
| About once a month | 19.7 (13) | 28.1 (23) | |
| Less than once a month | 25.8 (17) | 23.2 (19) | |
| Did you find the additional materials useful? (e.g. the Food for Health brochures, Food Cents Eat Smart for 4 booklets, etc.) (implementation) | 0.335 | ||
| Yes | 65.1 (97) | 72.8 (107) | |
| No | 18.1 (27) | 12.9 (19) | |
| Don’t know | 16.8 (25) | 14.3 (21) | |
| Did you share any of the newsletters, additional materials or recipes with friends or family over the past 3 months? (reach) | 0.853 | ||
| Yes | 30.4 (45) | 33.1 (49) | |
| No | 68.9 (102) | 66.2 (98) | |
| Don’t know | 0.7 (1) | 0.7 (1) | |
| What do you think of the amount of materials (newsletters, recipes, and other materials) you received from us? (implementation) | 0.969 | ||
| Too many materials | 21.0 (31) | 21.9 (32) | |
| About the right amount | 76.4 (113) | 75.3 (110) | |
| Did not receive enough | 2.7 (4) | 2.7 (4) | |
RE-AIM constructs examined are listed in brackets after each question
Fisher’s exact tests and χ 2 tests (for categorical data) and two-sided unpaired t-tests with unequal variances were conducted to assess differences in survey responses between treatment groups. Unadjusted multinomial logistic regression with robust standard errors was used to assess differences between groups where Fisher’s or χ 2 tests revealed overall differences
aRepresents highest possible sample size for each question. The sample size for each question differs due to missing responses