Nutrition in the Community (NIC)

[摘要] Background: Nutrition in the Community (NIC) is a pilot program that was developed to increase healthy eating and wellbeing among Latino residents living in Flint, Michigan. This program also sought to improve local relations between Latino residents and dietitians in the area as well as increase provision of culturally relevant nutrition programming by dietitians. Purpose: The purpose of this report is to evaluate this pilot program. Results of this report will help improve the program. Methods: The program was conducted at a local church for 10 weekly sessions. There were a total of 8 participants, 4 of which were Latino community members and 4 dietitians. Over the 10 weeks, dietitians were to improve the nutrition of a recipe given to them by a community member. Community members received nutrition education and kitchen safety workshops. Dietitians went through a short cultural competency workshop and immigration informational session. Results: For community members, the program seemed to improve their confidence in speaking English, perceptions of local relations with health professionals, and ways to improve their health. Results were inconclusive for the dietitians. Conclusion:Retention of nutritional information by community members will require reinforcement of educational material. To assess outcomes among dietitians and retention of participants, timely feedback and consistent data collection is needed.

[发布机构] University of Michigan

[效力级别] Latino community

[关键词] dietitian;Latino community;nutrition;pilot study;community health;Nutrition;Public Health;Health Education;Public Health, Health Education