Translating Knowledge into Practice
Un Ejemplo De Nutrición En Acción
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14835792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Grace Damio (0000-0001-6965-238X, Hispanic Health Council), Rafael Pérez Escamilla (Nutrition and Public Health, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT), Angela Bermudez-Millan (Nutrition Education Services Component, FNP-IT program at the Hispanic Health Council), Tom Stopka (HHC Research Department and the Food and Nutrition Program), Anir Gonzalez (City of Hartford Advisory Commission on Food Policy), Sofía Segura-Péerz (Hispanic Health Council), Aleja Rosario (Breastfeeding Heritage and Pride/“Lactancia: Herencia y Orgullo”, Hispanic Health Council), David Himmelgreen (University of South Florida) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 41-45 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Practicing Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/praa.25.3.r24277365813807l |
| OpenAlex | W2015773482 |
| Language | EN |
The Puerto Rican/Latino community in Hartford, Connecticut suffers disproportionately from a wide variety of nutrition-related problems, including food insecurity, insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables, high rates of obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases, and low breastfeeding rates. The Hispanic Health Council (HHC) has since its inception worked to address these problems, and has developed a highly effective model that integrates the utilization of its key strategies of research, service and advocacy
Agriculture · Breastfeeding · Consumption (sociology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Obesity · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Gerontology · Pediatrics
| Highly cited | No |
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