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Table 5 Impact of the Nourish and Engage Interventions on Agri-Food Score and Component Scores in both 6–7 and 10–11 year old Pupils

From: Food environment intervention improves food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits in primary school children: Project Daire, a randomised-controlled, factorial design cluster trial

 

6–7 year old pupils

10–11 year old pupils

 

Nourish

No Nourish

Engage

No Engage

Nourish

No Nourish

Engage

No Engage

Farm Knowledge Score

 N (baseline and follow-up responses)

217

198

225

190

188

183

195

176

 Baseline Mean (SD)

2.19 (0.88)

2.13 (0.95)

2.12 (0.93)

2.22 (0.89)

6.15 (1.70)

5.81 (1.72)

5.95 (1.76)

6.03 (1.66)

 Follow-up Mean (SD)

2.33 (0.82)

2.20 (0.93)

2.29 (0.86)

2.24 (0.90)

6.15 (1.66)

5.79 (1.89)

5.97 (1.70)

5.97 (1.88)

 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI)

0.12 (−.02–0.26)

Reference

0.06 (−0.08–0.20)

Reference

0.24 (−.06–0.4)

Reference

− 0.00 (− 0.32–0.32)

Reference

 P-value

0.10

0.36

0.11

1.00

Food Chain Knowledge Score

 N (baseline and follow-up responses)

218

198

225

191

238

237

259

216

 Baseline Mean (SD)

0.90 (1.03)

0.54 (0.82)

0.76 (0.99)

0.70 (0.91)

2.05 (1.39)

1.75 (1.40)

1.82 (1.42)

2.00 (1.37)

 Follow-up Mean (SD)

1.59 (1.20)

1.08 (1.16)

1.48 (1.23)

1.18 (1.16)

2.21 (1.49)

2.05 (1.39)

2.15 (1.45)

2.10 (1.45)

 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI)

0.29 (−0.16–0.73)

Reference

0.23 (− 0.21–0.66)

Reference

0.03 (− 0.22–.28)

Reference

.13 (− 0.12–0.37)

Reference

 P-value

0.19

0.29

0.80

0.29

Science relating to Food Knowledge Score

 N (baseline and follow-up responses)

217

198

225

190

188

183

195

176

 Baseline Mean (SD)

1.52 (1.20)

1.46 (1.26)

1.56 (1.25)

1.42 (1.20)

3.11 (1.58)

3.00 (1.46)

3.12 (1.43)

2.98 (1.62)

 Follow-up Mean (SD)

1.83 (1.24)

1.79 (1.19)

1.92 (1.18)

1.70 (1.24)

3.33 (1.63)

3.12 (1.67)

3.38 (1.53)

3.05 (1.78)

 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI)

1.11 (−0.28–0.28)

Reference

0.21 (− 0.07–0.48)

Reference

0.13 (− 0.22–0.47)

Reference

.26 (− 0.07–0.59)

Reference

 P-value

1.00

0.13

0.44

0.12

Local V Imported Knowledge Score

 N (baseline and follow-up responses)

217

198

225

190

188

183

195

176

 Baseline Mean (SD)

5.62 (1.54)

5.03 (1.48)

5.17 (1.53)

5.53 (1.53)

7.67 (1.53)

7.17 (1.54)

7.31 (1.45)

7.55 (1.66)

 Follow-up Mean (SD)

5.92 (1.63)

5.51 (1.46)

5.82 (1.56)

5.61 (1.57)

7.53 (1.62)

7.43 (1.56)

7.41 (1.56)

7.55 (1.63)

 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI)

0.28 (− 0.23–0.80)

Reference

0.23 (− 0.26–0.72)

Reference

−0.11 (− 0.57–0.35)

Reference

−0.02 (− 0.47–0.43)

Reference

 P-value

0.26

0.33

0.61

0.93

Vegetables in Season Knowledge Score

 N (baseline and follow-up responses)

218

198

225

191

188

183

195

176

 Baseline Mean (SD)

0.91 (0.89)

0.89 (1.02)

0.90 (0.89)

0.91 (1.02)

1.08 (1.09)

1.22 (1.06)

1.03(1.03)

1.28 (1.11)

 Follow-up Mean (SD)

0.96 (0.79)

0.94 (0.84)

0.94 (0.82)

0.96 (0.81)

1.38 (1.10)

1.13 (0.96)

1.22 (1.08)

1.30 (0.99)

 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI)

0.02 (−0.18–0.22)

Reference

−0.01 (− 0.21–0.18)

Reference

0.29 (0.01–0.56)

Reference

−0.08 (− 0.36–0.19)

Reference

 P-value

0.84

0.89

0.04

0.54

Product To Source Knowledge Score

 N (baseline and follow-up responses)

224

201

234

191

156

156

160

152

 Baseline Mean (SD)

5.78 (1.79)

5.26 (1.91)

5.57 (1.84)

5.49 (1.90)

7.91 (1.30)

7.65 (1.68)

7.90 (1.43)

7.65 (1.57)

 Follow-up Mean (SD)

5.73 (1.74)

5.68 (1.74)

5.69 (1.77)

5.72 (1.70)

7.82 (1.49)

7.81 (1.69)

7.78 (1.68)

7.85 (1.49)

 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI)

−0.44 (− 0.38–0.29)

Reference

−0.04 (− 0.37–0.29)

Reference

−0.07 (− 0.38–0.23)

Reference

−0.16 (− 0.48–0.16)

Reference

 P-value

0.78

0.79

0.61

0.30

Food Label Knowledge Score

 N (baseline and follow-up responses)

218

198

225

191

188

183

195

176

 Baseline Mean (SD)

0.17 (0.42)

0.20 (0.42)

0.20 (0.44)

0.17 (0.39)

2.17 (1.23)

2.02 (1.26)

2.32 (1.23)

1.85 (1.22)

 Follow-up Mean (SD)

0.46 (0.64)

0.33 (0.58)

0.40 (0.63)

0.40 (0.60)

2.86 (1.27)

2.54 (1.39)

3.14 (1.21)

2.22 (1.31)

 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI)

0.15 (0.05–0.25)

Reference

−0.03 (−0.14–0.07)

Reference

0.16 (− 0.24–0.55)

Reference

0.70 (0.30–1.10)

Reference

 P-value

0.006

0.52

0.41

< 0.01

Total AgriFood Knowledge Score

 N (baseline and follow-up responses)

254

224

269

209

188

183

195

176

 Baseline Mean (SD)

16.09 (4.84)

14.38 (4.22)

15.07 (4.84)

15.57 (4.34)

29.80 (5.41)

28.25 (5.20)

29.02 (5.11)

29.05 (5.63)

 Follow-up Mean (SD)

17.31 (5.25)

16.65 (4.04)

17.07 (5.10)

16.99 (4.22)

30.75 (5.95)

29.31 (6.19)

30.53 (5.95)

29.49 (6.24)

 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI)

0.42 (−1.44–2.27)

Reference

.04 (−1.66–1.74)

Reference

0.39 (−1.46–2.24)

Reference

1.00 (−0.90–2.90)

Reference

 P-value

0.64

0.96

0.66

0.27

  1. P value < 0.05 indicative of significance; N Number; SD Standard Deviation. In factorial analysis, the 2 main effects (Nourish compared with no nourish, and Engage compared with no engage) are investigated