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AssessingandAddressingCommunityNeedsinaRuralAreaInPartnershipwiththeNewEnglandPublicHealthTrainingCenter
PurposeThisworkrevolvedaroundstrengtheningcommunityhealthinRindge,NewHampshire.Researchfocusedonidentifyingbarrierstohealthybehaviorandintroducinginterventionmethodstoovercomethesebarriers.
AssessmentandObservationObservationwaskeyinthedeterminationofidealwaystopositivelyimpactthecommunity. Thebestwaytoobservethecommunitywastogetinvolved.Halfoftheproject’stimewasspentatthepantryconnectingwithnewpeople. Onegoalfocusedonunderstandandidentifyingthedifferencebetweentherootcauseofaproblemandarootcauseofasymptom.
BarrierstoHealth• Transportationtremendouslyimpacts
accesstofood.• Exposuretoallthepeopleinvolved
withtheRindgepantryhighlightedthisissue.
• Thepantry’slackofresourcestoprovidehealthyfoodandextendoperationhours.
• Limitationsofthevolunteerstoaccessandprovidefederalfood.
• Incompleteeducationsurroundingproperfoodhandling.
AddressingCommunityHealth:InterventionHighlights.- OrganizedafooddrivetoconnecttheFranklinPiercecommunitywiththelocalcommunityduringtheholidayseason.
- Created andputupflyersaroundcampus.- Placedfooddonationboxesatvariouslocations- Transported,recorded,andshelveddonateditems.
- Assembledaninformationalguidetocookingandstoringholidayturkeysandhams.
- CreatedafactsheetfortheGotLunchprograminaformatthatiseasilyunderstandable.
- Createdrecipesusingitemstypicallyfoundatthefoodpantry.
- CreatedabrochurewithfrequentlyaskedquestionsfromtheUSDAtargetedtoquestionspantryuserswereasking.
- Distributedothereducationalresourcessuchas:• -ColdfoodStorage• -Howtoproperlycookmeat• -Whatfoodlabelingmeans• -Shelflifeofcannedfoods`
ProjectTakeaways:• Thereisastigmaassociatedwithfoodinsecurity.Overcomingitwillhelpcommunitiestogrowwithavailableresources.• Helpingacommunityovercometheirbarriersrequiresdeterminingrootproblems,utilizingavailableresources,andtaking
smallstepstowarddevelopingaplantoaddressbiggerissues.• Theimportanceofrelationshipsinpantrieshelpstoalleviatethestigmaassociatedwithfoodinsecurity.
AshleyHaluch,SeniorPublicHealthMajorSpecialThanksto:StellaWallingandCraigJensenoftheFoodPantry
InternshipSupportedbyNHPHAandRindgeFoodPantryFacultySponsor:LauraChristoph,PHD,PublicHealthCoordinator
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