Table 2 Numbers of intervention centers (N = 15) shown by scores indexing each center’s implementation of Lunch is in the Bag
MultiAttribute Evaluation (MAE) tree with • branches and ○ nodes that enabled aggregation of location measures from the process evaluation tools across attributes and components of implementation in the □ domain representing use of Lunch is in the Bag | Low (score 0–50) | Medium (score 51–75) | High (score 76–100) |
|---|---|---|---|
• ECE center staff sent parents the newsletters1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
• Parents recalled receiving the newsletters2 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
• Parents read the newsletters2 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
• Parents recalled newsletter content re: fruit, veg, whole grain2 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
• Parents recalled newsletter content re: home practice activities2 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
• ECE center staff recalled content of the newsletters3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
○ Newsletters sent, read, recalled | 0 | 2 | 13 |
• ECE center staff installed the parent–child activity stations1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
• Parent–child activity stations were configured as intended4 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
• ECE center staff recalled content of the parent–child stations1 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
• ECE center staff saw parents visit the parent–child stations1 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
• Parents recalled content of the parent–child activity stations2 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
○ Parent–child activity stations installed, visited, recalled | 2 | 8 | 5 |
• Teachers did the classroom lessons with the children1 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
• Classroom activities were configured as intended4 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
• Teachers sent classroom notes to parents5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
• Parents recalled classroom notes from the teachers5 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
• Parents recalled child talking about the classroom activities2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
○ Classroom activities done, supported, talked about | 0 | 15 | 0 |
• ECE center had child nutrition education in its curriculum6 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
• ECE center had policies re: nutrition education for parents6 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
• ECE center had informal policies/leaders support for nutrition6 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
○ Nutrition education and behavior advocated at the ECE center | 7 | 7 | 1 |
□ Use of the intervention | 3 | 10 | 2 |
Other items from data sources 2 and 3 were input to score multi-attribute evaluation (MAE) trees for: | |||
□ Usability of the intervention from the users’ perspectives | 0 | 9 | 6 |
□ Usefulness of the intervention from the users’ perspectives | 0 | 3 | 12 |