Mapping the Food Environment to Inform Multi-Dimensional Intervention Strategies to Enhance Community Health and Well-Being
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2015-05-06
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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement
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Multifaceted causes and consequences of food insecurity require collaborative work across multidiscipline and with community partners. The Food Mapping Team was established to explore ways different types of mapping can be used to 1) provide a greater understanding of the multi-dimensional food system at local, and state levels; 2) display geographic disparities associated with poverty, race, food insecurity, and health; and 3) layer primary and secondary data related to food access, availability, distribution, and production.
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IMPACT. 1: 25 OSU student volunteers were trained to administer over 700 in-person surveys at 15 community sites. An addition 200 were collected online. -- 2. The Food Mapping Team is analyzing the data that was collected and has geocoded all of the store data. A data hub is being created for use by the public. -- 3. OSU Service-Learning students in two classes will conduct 100 food store audits looking at the availability and price of specific food items in Columbus.
OSU PARTNERS: College of Arts & Sciences; College of Social Work; College of Medicine; College of Engineering; Department of Geology; Department of Family Medicine; Department of Medical Dietetics; Department of City and Regional Planning; Department of Horticulture and Crop Science; Agroecosystems Management Program; Center for Urban and Regional Analysis; Kirwan Instutute for Race and Ethnicity
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Franklinton Gardens; Columbus Public Health; Mid-Ohio Foodbank; Local Matters; Fresh Foods Here Healthy Corner; Store Initiative
PRIMARY CONTACT: Michelle Kaiser (kaiser.267@osu.edu)
OSU PARTNERS: College of Arts & Sciences; College of Social Work; College of Medicine; College of Engineering; Department of Geology; Department of Family Medicine; Department of Medical Dietetics; Department of City and Regional Planning; Department of Horticulture and Crop Science; Agroecosystems Management Program; Center for Urban and Regional Analysis; Kirwan Instutute for Race and Ethnicity
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Franklinton Gardens; Columbus Public Health; Mid-Ohio Foodbank; Local Matters; Fresh Foods Here Healthy Corner; Store Initiative
PRIMARY CONTACT: Michelle Kaiser (kaiser.267@osu.edu)
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Engaged Scholars, v. 3 (2015).