Transforming the Urban Food Desert From the Grassroots Up
A Model for Community Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13855593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | LaVonna Blair Lewis, Lark Galloway-Gilliam, Gwendolyn Flynn, Jonathan Nomachi, LaTonya Chavis Keener, David C Sloane |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | Supplement S1 |
| Pages | S92-S101 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family & Community Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-6379 • E-ISSN: 1550-5057 |
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1097/fch.0b013e318202a87f |
| PMID | 21160336 |
| OpenAlex | W1980202842 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 14 |
Confronted by continuing health disparities in vulnerable communities, Community Health Councils (CHC), a nonprofit community-based organization in South Los Angeles, worked with the African Americans Building a Legacy of Health Coalition and research partners to develop a community change model to address the root causes of health disparities within the community's African American population. This article discusses how the CHC Model's development and application led to public policy interventions in a "food desert." The CHC Model provided a systematic approach to engaging impacted communities in support of societal level reforms, with the goal to influence health outcomes
Agriculture · Community health · Community organization · Desert (philosophy · Economic growth · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Grassroots · Health equity · Political science · Population · Population health · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public relations · Community Health and Development · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Nursing
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| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |