Applying cost benefit analysis to nutrition education programs : focus on the Virginia Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program : final report

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dc.contributorVirginia Cooperative Extensionen
dc.contributor.authorLambur, Michael T.en
dc.contributor.authorRajgopal, Radhikaen
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Edwin C.en
dc.contributor.authorCox, Ruby H.en
dc.contributor.authorEllerbrock, Michael J.en
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.stateVirginiaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-14T00:49:57Zen
dc.date.available2013-12-14T00:49:57Zen
dc.date.issued1999en
dc.description.abstractIn attempts to make public programs more cost effective, it is critical to develop and apply new techniques to evaluate Extension programs. Indeed, one of the major challenges facing Extension evaluators is the need to provide concise, meaningful evaluation information to decision-makers. Nutrition education has been a base program of the Cooperative Extension System since its inception. While knowledge gain, and to a more limited extent the behavior changes of participants have been measured, good measures of the cost savings that accrue as a result of participation in these education programs are not available. Procedures that quantitatively compare a program's costs to its benefits are inherently popular and useful. Cost benefit and effectiveness analysis represent economic analysis procedures that can be useful in addressing this need.en
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityprepared by Michael Lambur, Radhika Rajgopal, Edwin Lewis, Ruby H. Cox and Michael Ellerbrocken
dc.format.extentiii, 48 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.oclc43357462en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/24691en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Cooperative Extensionen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPublication (Virginia Cooperative Extension) ; 490-403en
dc.rightsVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.en
dc.subject.lccLD5655 .A762 no.490en
dc.subject.lcshNutrition counseling -- Cost effectivenessen
dc.subject.lcshNutrition -- Study and teaching -- Virginiaen
dc.titleApplying cost benefit analysis to nutrition education programs : focus on the Virginia Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program : final reporten
dc.typeExtension publicationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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