Title

Family and Consumer Sciences Focus on the Human Dimension: The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Example

Authors

Katherine L. Cason, The Pennsylvania State University
Helen Chipman, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Leslie A. Forstadt, University of Maine
Mattie R. Rasco, Alcorn State University
Debra M. Sellers, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Laura Stephenson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
De’Shoin A. York, Southern University, Baton Rouge

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Publication Date:

Summer 2017

Description

The history of family and consumer sciences (FCS) and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is discussed with an emphasis on the critical importance of the human dimension. EFNEP's focus on people, education for change, accountability, strategic partnerships, and public value are highlighted as an example and model for Extension and FCS programs in general. Future FCS success and sustainability depends on ensuring continued attention to the human dimension, while also addressing workforce, societal, and technological developments.

Campus Units

Human Development and Family Studies, Extension and Outreach

Department

Extension and Outreach; Human Development and Family Studies

Disciplines:

Education | Family, Life Course, and Society

Comments

Cason, Katherine L., Helen Chipman, Leslie A. Forstadt, Mattie R. Rasco, Debra M. Sellers, Laura Stephenson, and De'Shoin A. York. "Family and Consumer Sciences Focus on the Human Dimension: The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Example." Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences 109, no. 3 (2017): 10-17. doi: 10.14307/JFCS109.3.10.

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Recommended Citation

Cason, Katherine L.; Chipman, Helen; Forstadt, Leslie A.; Rasco, Mattie R.; Sellers, Debra M.; Stephenson, Laura; and York, De’Shoin A., "Family and Consumer Sciences Focus on the Human Dimension: The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Example" (2017). Extension and Outreach Publications. 251.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/extension_pubs/251

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