The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

3025.0: Monday, November 17, 2003 - 9:15 AM

Abstract #61179

Designing Personalized Nutrition Feedback for Participants in the Community based Healthy Environments Partnership (HEP) Study

Srimathi Kannan, PhD1, Indira Arya2, Alison Benjamin3, L Wyman1, R Roy1, Amy J. Schulz, PhD4, and J. Timothy Dvonch, PhD5. (1) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health Human Nutrition Program, 1420 Washington Heights, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2) Community Health Services, Detroit Department of Health, 1151 Taylor St., Detroit, MI 48202, (3) Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision, P.O. Box 09400, Detroit, MI 48209, (4) Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, 1-734-647-0221, ajschulz@umich.edu, (5) Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, 109 Observatory St., 1608A SPH I, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029

This session will describe the personalized nutrition feedback process for African American, Hispanic American and White American participants of the Healthy Environments Partnership Project (HEP). HEP is a community-based participatory research project examining health disparities in Detroit as related to both physical and social environments. These reports served as personalized nutritional assessments providing feedback to study participants about their macro- and micronutrient intakes as well as sources from their own food choices, that were determined using a HEP adapted version of the Block Food Frequency Questionnaire. Spanish language feedback reports were generated for the Hispanic American participants. The session will conclude by discussing the role of the feedback reports in the larger goals of the HEP project in addressing health disparities and cardiovascular disease.

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Keywords: Community-Based Public Health, Participatory Research

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

The Healthy Environments Partnership: A Community-Based Approach to Understanding and Reducing Heart Disease in Detroit

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA