The Food Literacy Action Logic Model: A Tertiary Education Sector Innovative Strategy to Support the Charitable Food Sectors Need for Food Literacy Training.
Food literacy is seen as a key component in improving the increasing levels of food insecurity. While responsibility for providing training falls on the charitable service organizations, they may not have the capacity to adequately reach those in need. This paper proposes a tertiary education - (university or higher education) led model to support the food literacy training needs of the food charity sector. A cross-sectional study comprised of online surveys and discussions investigated food services offered by Western Australia (WA) and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) agencies, food literacy training needs for staff, volunteers and clients, and challenges to delivering food literacy training programs. Purposive sampling was used, and ACT and WA charitable service originations (survey: ACT n = 23, WA n = 32; interviews: ACT n = 3, WA n = 2) were invited to participate. Findings suggest organizations had limited financial and human resources to address the gap in food literacy training. Nutrition, food budgeting, and food safety education was delivered to paid staff only with limited capacity for knowledge transfer to clients. The Food Literacy Action Logic Model, underpinned by a tertiary education engagement strategy, is proposed to support and build capacity for organizations to address training gaps and extend the reach of food literacy to this under-resourced sector.
['Lawlis|Tanya|T|', 'Sambell|Ros|R|', 'Douglas-Watson|Amanda|A|', 'Belton|Sarah|S|', 'Devine|Amanda|A|']
D001315:Australia D002608:Charities D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies D063105:Food Assistance D005523:Food Supply D006266:Health Education D057220:Health Literacy D006801:Humans D000067010:Literacy D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires D014495:Universities D014904:Western Australia
food literacy tertiary education Charitable food sector training food insecurity nutrition education