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Title: Capacity building for health through community-based participatory nutrition intervention Research in rural communities

Author
item YADRICK, KATHLEEN - UNIV SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
item McCabe Sellers, Beverly
item THREADGILL, PAULA - MISSISSIPPI ST UNIV CES
item STRICKLAND, EARLINE - DELTA NIRI
item KENNEDY, BETTY - PENNINGTON BIO MED CTR
item WARREN, DEMETRIC - DELTA NIRI
item PREWITT, ELAINE - UAMS
item SIMS, DIANE - DELTA NIRI
item Bogle, Margaret

Submitted to: Meeting Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/15/2007
Publication Date: 4/11/2007
Citation: Yadrick, K., McCabe Sellers, B.J., Threadgill, P., Strickland, E., Kennedy, B., Warren, D., Prewitt, E., Sims, D., Bogle, M.L. 2007. Capacity building for health through community-based participatory nutrition intervention research in rural communities [abstract]. Community-Campus Partnerships of Health's 10th Anniversary Conference, April 11-14, 2007, Tornoto, Candada.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Building community capacity for health promotion in small rural communities is essential if health promotion research is to yield sustainable outcomes. Since its inception, capacity-building has been a stated goal of the Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative, a tri-state collaboration in the Lower Mississippi Delta to address high rates of chronic disease through nutrition intervention research. This paper describes capacity-building strategies in three rural Delta communities in the context of community participatory nutrition intervention research. Strategies to build capacity within specific identified dimensions of community capacity include: community participation in every phase of intervention planning, developing adult leadership to coordinate and deliver intervention components, skill development related to healthy food and physical activity behaviors, investment in community resources such as office and meeting space, formation of community networks and values around health promotion, building a sense of community through collaboration and participation, and critical reflection on community challenges and successes through research conferences involving all partners. Incorporating capacity-building approaches in health promotion and nutrition intervention programming in rural communities provides a means to develop community capacity and enhance potential for sustainability of health outcomes and developed effectiveness.