Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation has been demonstrated to improve household food insecurity, yet not all those who are eligible for the program participate. This article describes findings from both peer-reviewed and grey literature pertaining factors that influence SNAP participation. benefits low-income individuals families improving dietary intake, reducing ultimately providing one strategy alleviate poverty. The described with a social science behavioral...

This qualitative study explored the employment, vocational rehabilitation (VR), and Ticket to Work (TTW) experiences of people with disabilities. Twelve focus groups were conducted 74 working-age adults from ethnically diverse backgrounds various Major barriers employment negative employer attitudes toward hiring workers disabilities, lack or unreliable transportation job sites, insufficient levels formal education compete successfully within labor market. Regarding VR, participants...

This case study describes the Enough Abuse Campaign, a multidisciplinary, statewide effort to prevent child sexual abuse in Massachusetts. The uses Institute of Medicine's Framework for Collaborative Community Action on Health provide systematic description campaign's process implementation, which includes: (a) developing state-level infrastructure prevention, (b) assessing perceptions and public opinion, (c) local infrastructures three communities implementing training programs focused...

Objective: This empirical case study describes Prevent Child Abuse Georgia’s effort to prevent child sexual abuse (CSA) by educating communities throughout the state on supporting preventive behaviour. The initiative consisted of three major components: (1) dissemination CSA prevention messages and materials; (2) a statewide helpline that helped callers respond warning signs engage in protective behaviours; (3) education training programme. Design: An design was used. Setting: took place...

Community capacity may be enhanced through intermediary supports that provide training and technical assistance (TA). This study used a randomized pre/posttest design to assess the impact of TA on coalition capacity. Seven community coalitions from Midwest participated in 2-year study, which included 36 hours training, followed by monthly calls support action planning implementation for prioritized processes. Collaborative processes most commonly identified as high-need areas were Developing...

Across multiple sectors, organizational readiness predicts the success of program implementation. However, factors influencing early childhood education (ECE) organizations for implementation new nutrition and physical activity programs is poorly understood. This study presents a conceptual framework to measure implement in ECE centers serving children aged 0 5 years. The was validated consensus on relevance generalizability by conducting focus groups; participants were managers (16...

This study examined Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach efforts among representatives of community organizations, as well local and statewide needs for increasing SNAP participation. We conducted qualitative interviews with 34 workers across 27 states; participants reported working at food banks, social services agencies, antihunger nonprofits, legal aid faith-based health clinics. Four major emerged themes community-level organizations: increased personnel, funding,...

The DELTA PREP Project aims to reduce risk for intimate partner violence (IPV). It engaged leadership and staff from 19 statewide domestic coalitions in building capacity prevent IPV before it occurs (rather than solely responding IPV). This article describes the process outcomes associated with action planning create coalition organizational change related preventing IPV. Coalition planned changes six goal areas: leadership, structures processes, staffing, resource development, partnership...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The purpose of this evaluation was to examine the effects LiveWell @School Food Initiative ( LW @ SFI ), a Colorado‐based childhood obesity prevention program that partners with school districts enable them serve more scratch cooked foods through culinary training, action planning, and equipment grants. METHODS This used quasi‐experimental design examined menu cycles prior entering approximately 1 year later. A review menus food service directors from 9 Colorado...

Introduction: Despite the known benefits of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, rural areas have consistently reported lower screening rates than their urban counterparts. Alternative healthcare delivery models, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs), potential to increase CRC through collaboration among providers with aim improving quality and decreasing cost. However, researchers not sufficiently explored how this innovative model could influence promotion screening. The purpose...

The case study analyzes the effects of training and technical assistance on amount community changes facilitated by members a coalition to prevent adolescent substance use. examines sustainability these in over time. implemented Community Change Intervention that focused building capacity support implementation changes—program, policy, practice changes. Over 2-year intervention period, there were 36 reduce risk for Results showed an average at least 3 times as many (i.e., program, policy...

Child care offers an ideal setting to promote more healthful eating through nutrition education. However, many child providers lack knowledge about and receive infrequent training. Although web-based training shows promise as a way address this, most current trainings focus on information provision rather than direct skills that promotes hands-on, experiential learning. The present study describes the development of education videos using participatory action research (PAR) approach has been...

The goal of the U.S. Department Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is to assist food insecure households by providing federally allocated funds increase purchasing power and ultimately achieve a more nutritious diet; however, working poor tend be underserved SNAP. This study identified factors associated with SNAP participation in nationally representative sample (adults household incomes ≤ 130% poverty level who worked 27 or weeks during year). Data were from...

AbstractYouth development professionals (YDPs) working at community-based organizations are in a unique position to interact with the adolescents because they neither parents/guardians nor teachers. The objectives of this study were explore qualitatively what sexual health issues discuss YDPs and describe those using framework Sexuality Information Education Council United States (SIECUS) comprehensive sexuality education guidelines. reported conversations that included topics related SIECUS...

Using the RE-AIM framework, primary purpose of this qualitative study was to conduct focus groups identify areas for future adaptation an evidence-based cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk intervention (COACH) developed urban care setting American Indian (AI)-serving settings.This involved conducting three with 31 AI patients two or more CVD factors maximize reach and efficacy COACH. The had not yet participated in adapted COACH program.Findings from indicate that a culturally reduction...

Background Nationally, Hispanics experience health disparities manifested as a higher prevalence of chronic diseases in comparison to non-Hispanic Whites. Factors that influence this population include inadequate dissemination culturally and linguistically appropriate information. Method Our qualitative analysis is based on data obtained from three focus groups with Spanish-speaking Hispanic adults conducted at clinic Nebraska. Participants were asked about their perceptions information the...

A skilled public health workforce is critical to assure the public's health. Recent scholarship has highlighted benefits of practice-based fieldwork train workforce. This these primarily through quantitative evaluation. DePaul University's Master Public Health (MPH) Program provides education and training enable students develop key competencies in community component MPH a 9-month practicum experience. experience requires (1) Complete at least 250 h local organization (2) write capstone...