My Way to Wellness Virtual Satisfaction Survey Results
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EmailMichigan State University (MSU) Extension delivers affordable, relevant, evidence-based education to help adults, young people, and families in urban and rural communities be healthy. Programs focus on helping participants gain the skills they need to buy and prepare nutritious, budget-friendly foods; increase their physical activity; breastfeed their babies; and stretch their food dollars.
My Way to Wellness Virtual Satisfaction Survey Results
A total of 94 participants completed a satisfaction survey after completing the virtual My Way to Wellness course. The majority of participants, 57%, heard about the online program through Facebook. Most participants were satisfied with all aspects of the My Way to Wellness program.
- 72% Of participants chose to take the online class because they were able to participate without having to attend live class sessions
- 94% Of participants chose to take the online class because they were able to complete the lessons at their own pace
Individual changes made by participants were focused on increasing fruit, vegetables and physical activity, improving food safety, dietary patterns and cooking/shopping skills (Table 1).
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Table 1: Individual Changes Reported by My Way to Wellness Participants (n=75) |
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Fruit and Vegetables |
Physical Activity |
Food Safety |
Cooking/ Shopping |
Dietary Patterns |
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Eating more fruits and vegetables |
Increased physical activity |
More careful with thawing meat |
Planning and budgeting better |
Increased awareness of what I am eating |
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Eating vegetables and fruits for snacks instead of chips, etc. |
Incorporate little exercises |
Stopped defrosting foods on the countertop and do it in the fridge. |
Used the recipes |
Using the sugar substitute chart |
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Try to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables instead of the same ones over and over |
Working on ways to increase my daily activity while keeping my physical limitations in mind |
Wash my fruit even if it has a peel that will come off |
Replacing applesauce for oil in some recipes |
Paying attention to calorie intake |
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Giving my kids more vegetables |
Purposefully looking for ways to get extra steps, such as parking further from stores |
More careful about keeping meat prep area separate |
Smaller Portions |
Decrease sugar and sodium |
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Eating a greater variety including frozen and canned veggies and fruits |
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Pay more attention to labels |
Read labels on frozen meals for lower fat and sodium |
Eating 5 small meals compared to 3 large meals |
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Eat a salad with my dinner each night |
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Drinking more water |
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Eat fruit for dessert |
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Made more tangible goals |
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Keep a food diary to help maintain goals |
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Table 2: Participant Suggested Improvements to the My Way to Wellness Course (n=65) |
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Content |
Format |
Registration/ Course Modules |
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Add more recipes or a cookbook Provide resources on reliable healthy food blogs with recipes |
More online classes and In-depth advanced option Keep it going |
Access to course and initial sign-up difficult |
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More recipes, videos preparing a meal and snacks, how to cook with substitutions; applesauce, yogurt, egg substitutes, juices, honey and sweeteners (what kind for different recipes). Figuring out nurasweet, equal, stevia, truvia |
Make the group discussion more interactive or ask different questions at the end of each lesson. Like questions more specific to the topic that was discussed |
Make it an easier format to complete each course. I was never sure if I finished each course so, I had to go back to check Hard to navigate on a phone |
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Consider vegan/vegetarian diets |
Market the class to local groups and sites |
To be able to print off vouchers (incentives) |
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More specific to low-income audiences |
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Hard to print content |
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Incorporate how to shop for fresh fruits and vegetables and grow them in a small garden |
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Some content did not work |
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Provide an optional section for health-related special diets such as diabetic, anti-inflammatory, or even Michigan wintertime diet to boost vitamin D |
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It took a tiny bit of effort to find the actual classes- they're listed under content. It was a little confusing at first |
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The goals at the beginning of each lesson was repetitive… only include for a few of the lessons. Every 2 or 3 lessons? |
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The audio was very quiet, I often had it turned up all the way on the webpage and on my computer |
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Include more healthy meal ideas that cater to young children and large families. |
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Somethings had errors she had to follow some things didn’t. Going from one page to the next was not consistent throughout. |
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Have the option to choose reading it yourself or watching the videos/slideshow |
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Have the slides available in pdf for saving after for note taking |