2026 Journal of NEAFCS - Individual Articles

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RESEARCH

• Cooking Up Health: The Mediterranean Way Improves Participant-Reported Health Outcomes
• Evaluating Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Early Childhood Mindfulness Intervention: A Two-State Pilot Study
• Teaching Whole Grains Through Wheat: Assessing Student Knowledge and Attitudes in Short-Term Experiential Programs
• Assessing Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Needs Among Adults in St. Mary’s County: A Mixed-Methods Community Needs Assessment
• Association of Implementation Fidelity With Outcomes of a Distance Learning Lifestyle Change Program Delivered by Cooperative Extension
• Awe Under the Stars: Participant Experiences from Community Dark-Sky Programs

IMPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION

• Mapping Mission: Family and Consumer Sciences Extension as Infrastructure for Military Family Readiness
• Transforming Cooperative Extension with Artificial Intelligence: A Scoping Review of Education, Programming, Outreach, and Evaluation 
• Hidden Gems Adventure Guides: A Free Digital Resource for Strengthening Families and Communities
• The U.S. Cooperative Extension System: Reaching priority populations and achieving effectiveness outcomes in the National Diabetes Prevention Program
• The Impact of Financial Stress on Academic Performance and Graduation Among College Students: Implications for Extension Financial Wellness Programming
• Money Basics: Addressing Emerging Financial Wellness Concerns
• NourishSmart: A Train-the-Trainer Approach to Food Waste Reduction Education - Implications for Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Programming
• Exploring Visibility and Strategies to Increase Reach of Extension Amongst Urban Audiences in the Northeast
• From Assessment to Action: Translating Statewide Urban Agriculture Needs into Targeted Training Modules for Growers

BEST PRACTICES

• Reducing Household Food Waste Through Food Preservation Education and Equipment Access
• Elevating Extension Program Delivery Through Action Research and Dialogic Leadership: A Case Study of the Cooking for a Lifetime Curriculum
• How Community Professionals Use an Extension Age-Paced Parenting Newsletter Resource: A Descriptive Study
• The Mental Health Minute: Using Short-Form Social Media Videos to Deliver Mental Health Education Through Extension
• Expanding Virtual Early Childhood Professional Development During Covid 19 and Beyond: Lessons Learned
• Evaluating the Role of Mentoring in Cultivating Future NEAFCS Leaders