Cost-benefit analysis conducted for nutrition education in California

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" Cost-benefit analysis conducted for nutrition education in California "
Block Joy, Amy; Goldman, George; Pradhan, Vijay

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	944634
Doc. No	:	LA7kz1r9cv
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Block Joy, Amy; Goldman, George; Pradhan, Vijay
Title & Author	:	Cost-benefit analysis conducted for nutrition education in California [Article]\ Block Joy, Amy; Goldman, George; Pradhan, Vijay
Title of Periodical	:	California Agriculture
Volume/ Issue Number	:	60/4
Date	:	2006
Abstract	:	Documenting the cost-effectiveness of nutrition education programs is important to justify and determine expenditures and ensure continued funding. A cost-benefit analysis was conducted using the program demographics and food-related dietary behavior of participants enrolled in California’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), based on methodology developed by Virginia Cooperative Extension. The initial benefit-cost ratio for nutrition education in California was 14.67 to 1.00. Several sensitivity analyses were done to estimate the effect of changes in key variables. The resulting benefit-cost ratios ranged from 3.67 to 1.00, to 8.34 to 1.00, meaning that for every