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Do Right!® Healthy Corner Store Network: An innovative approach to equip corner stores within underserved communities with greater access to and education of healthy, affordable foods
Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health educationAssessment of individual and community needs for health education
Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health
Learning Objectives:
Identify strategies to engage and empower community advocates in community-based interventions that promote and encourage health lifestyle changes.
Evaluate the significance of measurable outcomes resulting from a multidisciplinary physical activity, nutrition, and wellness intervention tailored by community members in a predominantly African-American community.
Describe critical components of developing a community-based program in underserved and disadvantaged communities.
Describe challenges and opportunities for engaging community members in policy work.
Identify health disparities among the African American population.
Identify ways to engage retailers in providing healthy options in corner store.
Keyword(s): Food Security, Nutrition
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Executive Director at The Center and I oversee all programs and projects.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.