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HEALTH FOOD, HEALTHY SCHOOLS AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

Award Number: R25ES012578
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2003
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2007

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HEALTH FOOD, HEALTHY SCHOOLS AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The social and built environments affect food consumption patterns that influence disease occurrence and public health. Health disparities arise when environmental factors make it difficult to access healthy food choices. Access factors that influence dietary choices include the cost, availability and physical accessibility of healthy foods. Residents of neighborhoods that lack affordable sources of healthy food may experience higher rates of overweight and diabetes, resulting from differences in the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains versus foods that are high in calories, added fat, and sugars, and low in other nutrients. The local nutrition environments created by such factors can, however, be changed if community members are actively involved in shaping community nutrition norms and influencing policies that increase the availability of affordable healthy foods. Such proactive intervention has the potential to reduce the health disparities for overweight and diabetes that plague low-income communities and communities of color. The goal of the project is to facilitate positive community-driven changes in local nutrition environments in schools and communities that suffer disproportionately from diet-related poor health conditions. The project will evaluate access factors in those schools and communities; raise nutrition, environmental and food access awareness; develop and implement intervention strategies; and assess the environmental and policy impact of those strategies. Activities include the training of low-income African-American and Latino students, parents, and residents to undertake community and school food assessments; the development of appropriate and feasible action plans to address poor nutrition environments and policies; and the creation of local community nutrition advisory councils to mobilize efforts to move intervention strategies forward. The project hypotheses are: 1) through participation in community and school food assessments and the development of community nutrition councils, school and community members will have increased awareness and knowledge of the health disparities related to lack of access to health-promoting foods; and 2) increased awareness and the development of community-driven strategies for environmental and policy change will in turn lead to improved nutrition environments that reduce risk factors for overweight and diabetes.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2006 ( Subtotal = $233,637 )
2006	2006	OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE	1600 CAMPUS ROAD	LOS ANGELES	CA	90041	LOS ANGELES	USA	Environmental Health	000	4	7/17/2006	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$233,637
														Subtotal = $233,637

Issue Date FY: 2005 ( Subtotal = $233,131 )
2005	2005	OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE	1600 CAMPUS ROAD	LOS ANGELES	CA	90041	LOS ANGELES	USA	Environmental Health	000	3	6/30/2005	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$233,131
														Subtotal = $233,131

Issue Date FY: 2004 ( Subtotal = $234,714 )
2004	2004	OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE	1600 CAMPUS ROAD	LOS ANGELES	CA	90041	LOS ANGELES	USA	Environmental Health	000	2	7/1/2004	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$234,714
														Subtotal = $234,714

Issue Date FY: 2003 ( Subtotal = $241,266 )
2003	2003	OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE	1600 CAMPUS ROAD	LOS ANGELES	CA	90041	LOS ANGELES	USA	Environmental Health	000	1	8/30/2003	NEW	$241,266
														Subtotal = $241,266

Grand Total All Awards = $942,748

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HEALTH FOOD, HEALTHY SCHOOLS AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

Award Number: R25ES012578

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2003

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2007

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