Abstract
ABSTRACTFarm to Family is a subsidized community supported agriculture model for low-income families. This study evaluated text message reminders on Head Start parents’ farm share pickup rates. Pickup rates were high for both groups within 2 days of delivery, with 96% (SD = 0.04) of parents in the text messaging group picking up their produce vs. 92% (SD = 0.07) of parents in the no text message group, and lower on the day of delivery, with 69% (SD = 0.14) of parents in the text messaging group picking up their produce vs. 62% (SD = 0.13) of parents in the no text messaging group. There were no statistically significant differences between the groups. Program coordinators reported using additional efforts to promote parent participation (e-mails or verbal reminders). Because sites used multiple methods to promote parent participation, this study could not isolate the effects of text messages.
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