Manual of Procedures for the Fruit and Vegetable Procurement Tool

Abstract

The Fruit and Vegetable Procurement Tool was designed to capture usual household procurement of fruits and vegetables over a 4 week period. This tool is comprised of 4 weekly paper-pen booklets containing instructions and procurement forms to record fruit and vegetable items. Participants are instructed during an in-person appointment on how to use the tool and provided materials to track their procurement of fruits and vegetables. After data are received from participants, research staff check for completion in multiple passes and enter data provided by participants into the Nutritional Data System for Research (NDSR) to calculate the total edible (1 cup equivalent) servings of fruits and vegetables procured per week. This manual describes the procedures for using and entering data collected using the Fruit and Vegetable Procurement Tool. This manual also provides the materials needed to use the Tool in the field, including the Tool itself.