Holiday Hunger Research & Evaluation Framework
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Greta Defayter's presentation of research into evaluation methodologies for holiday hunger programmes in the UK, as delivered to Holiday Hunger North East group on 22 Oct 14.
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Holiday Hunger Research & Evaluation Framework
- 1. Holiday Hunger: A Research and Evaluation Framework Professor Greta Defeyter and Mrs Pamela L. Graham www.healthylivinguk.org
- 2. In 2013-14 foodbanks fed 913,138 peopleโฆ โฆ330,205 were children
- 3. Jyoti, Frongillo & Jones (2005)
- 4. Malnutrition costs the UK ยฃ7.4 billion/year
- 5. Different Initiatives: Some Evaluationโฆ
- 6. โข Oldham โข Trafford โข Liverpool โข Coventry โข Strabane (Northern Ireland) โข Community based โข Food bank โข Faith
- 7. Research Framework Captu ring benefi ts, impac ts (Healt h Econo mist) Progr amme level Stakehol der interview s (scoping) Case Studies Linear Models Projec t level Indivi dual level Assessin g success at organisa tional level Site visits Measu remen t indivi dualโs attitu des, cognit ions etc. Assessm ent tools Collectio n and analysis of data
- 8. Differences in social inequalities result in long term inequalities in health and educational attainment Deprived communities/regions Traditional learning and health campaigns arenโt sufficient to tackle widening gap between rich and poor New approach required: Universal Integrated Programme Targeted at Families in Need Accessible, Context Specific Institutional support X participants across y initiatives Health improves Reduction in poverty gap Increased knowledge about healthy/unhealthy foods Access to benefits/financial advice Success of programme drives roll out and sustainability Health/educational inequalities reduced Educational attainment improved/Employability increased Impact is multi-factorial
- 11. Research Framework Adult Participants Staff Children Interviews aimed to determine uses, advantages and disadvantages of Interventions
- 12. Challenges โข No pre- and post-intervention measures โข No way to know who would attend โข Short window of opportunity to conduct research โข Media โข What about those who didnโt attend? BUTโฆ โข We interviewed over 40 users and stakeholders with no issues โข We had around a 40% return rate for parental questionnaires
- 13. Non-attendees โข Older people โข Traveller Communities โข Minority Groups โข Pregnant teenagers โข Families
- 14. โPeople are persuaded by reason, but moved by emotion; [the leader] must both persuade them and move them.โ โ Richard M. Nixon
Editor's Notes
- However we know that these figures from the Trussell Trust and not a true representation of all interventions taking place across the UK. Trussell Trust Make Lunch Holiday Hunger Kelloggโs Lord Mayor of London Holiday Kitchen Salvation Army Lindsay has already shared some excellent practice from the USA, and indeed most of the evidence is based in USA, Canada and Germany. However it is important that we acknowledge differences in histories, social policy (regional, Federal) and welfare systems in addition to cultural norms of giving food (food aid) to households in developing models that return an excellent cost-benefit analysis. What may work in one context may not work in another. Discussions around food insecurity and poverty are now taking place at local, national and globally and as researchers we welcome the hard work behind getting this issue on the agenda. However, as researchers we are always looking for reliable and valid measures of what works, who does it work for and why? Of equal importance we also need to find out answers to wider objectives (i.e. lower rates of food insecurity, reduce health and educational inequalities) Our research/evaluation framework was specifically developed to assess the socio-economic, behavioural, health, cultural, educational and cognitive benefits of feeding across a school holiday period. At present there is hardly any robust, peer-reviewed evidence regarding the effectiveness and drawbacks of different types of holiday hunger provision (and food aid provision in general) across the UK.
- Child questionnaire included a food diary based on the format used by the Day in the Life Questionnaire; Breakfast Attitude Questionnaire (Tapper et al., 2007); and an adapted version of the Camper Growth Index (American Camp Association).
- Interviews with adult participants,staff and children aimed to determine the uses, advantages and disadvantages of breakfast clubs.