TY - JOUR
T1 - A Qualitative Evaluation of a Community Based, Culturally Relevant Intervention to Promote Healthy Food Access in American Indian Communities
AU - Cueva, Katie
AU - Lovato, Ventura
AU - Carroll, Danya
AU - Richards, Jennifer
AU - Speakman, Kristen
AU - Neault, Nicole
AU - Barlow, Allison
N1 - Funding Information:
The Feast for the Future Program received funding from the Kellogg Foundation (Grant No. P3017859), Christensen Fund, McCune Foundation, Newman’s Own Foundation and private philanthropists.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - In response to a need for healthy, affordable food, Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health and three rural indigenous communities launched the “Feast for the Future,” (FFF) to promote access to healthy foods and the transfer of traditional food-based knowledge from farmers/elders to youth. To assess program impact, 43 in-depth interviews were conducted with participating farmers, elders, and Community Advisory Board members. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed in Atlas.ti. Common themes from qualitative analyses included: FFF programs support farming/gardening revitalization and cultural connectedness/identity; FFF has supported positive behavior change among interviewees and their families; There is a need to revitalize traditional food systems; Farming/gardening is central to cultural identity; and Responsibility for food choices. The interviews revealed that the community-based program is perceived by key stakeholders as reaffirming cultural identity and promoting healthy eating. As a CAB member shared.
AB - In response to a need for healthy, affordable food, Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health and three rural indigenous communities launched the “Feast for the Future,” (FFF) to promote access to healthy foods and the transfer of traditional food-based knowledge from farmers/elders to youth. To assess program impact, 43 in-depth interviews were conducted with participating farmers, elders, and Community Advisory Board members. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed in Atlas.ti. Common themes from qualitative analyses included: FFF programs support farming/gardening revitalization and cultural connectedness/identity; FFF has supported positive behavior change among interviewees and their families; There is a need to revitalize traditional food systems; Farming/gardening is central to cultural identity; and Responsibility for food choices. The interviews revealed that the community-based program is perceived by key stakeholders as reaffirming cultural identity and promoting healthy eating. As a CAB member shared.
KW - American Indian
KW - Community-based participatory research
KW - Food security
KW - Qualitative evaluation
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U2 - 10.1007/s10900-019-00760-4
DO - 10.1007/s10900-019-00760-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 32060672
AN - SCOPUS:85079728976
SN - 0094-5145
VL - 45
SP - 458
EP - 464
JO - Journal of Community Health
JF - Journal of Community Health
IS - 3
ER -