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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Community Food Assessments: Tool for Public Health & Community Empowerment
4223.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Community Food Assessments: Tool for Public Health & Community Empowerment
Community food security and local food policy councils have emerged during the 1990s to promote food security for families and communities, sustainable agricultural, and integrated food systems. Bring farms to cities, promoting local agricultural integrity and securing healthy produce for local areas have been key elements of these movements. This session will highlight promising initiatives from several parts of the US.
Learning Objectives: 1. At the completion of the session, participants will be able to describe community-base food security intitiative in several geographic areas of the US. 2. At the completion of the session, participants will be able to describe initatives and key policy issues for local food policy councils
Moderator(s):Lynn Fredericks, BA
2:30 PMUsing a participatory assessment process to address community food issues in San Francisco  [ Recorded presentation ]
Leah Rimkus, MPH, Fernando Ona, PhD, MPH, Paula Jones, PhD (cand), Zetta Wells, MA (cand)
2:47 PMMethods, findings, and trends in the emerging field of Community Food Assessments  [ Recorded presentation ]
Raquel Bournhonesque, MPH, Marilyn Prehm, PhD
3:04 PMCommunity food security needs assessment methodologies for a large metropolitan area  [ Recorded presentation ]
Noel Chavez, PhD, RD, LDN, Daniel Block, PhD, Nancy Bates, DrPH, RD, CHES, Judy Birgen, PhD
3:21 PMACTION community food assessment method: A participatory, outcome oriented approach to promoting community health  [ Recorded presentation ]
Neelam Sharma
3:38 PMBuilding community capacity and leverage to influence food access and policy: Portland/Multnomah Food Policy Council's experience  [ Recorded presentation ]
Wendy J. Rankin, MPA
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA