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Title: Community capacity for sustainability of nutrition and physical activity interventions in small, rural communities

Author
item YADRICK, KATHY - UNIVERSITY SO MISSISSIPPI
item KENNEDY, BETTY - PENNINGTON BIO MED CENTER
item McCabe Sellers, Beverly
item STRICKLAND, EARLINE - DELTA NIRI
item FRANKLIN, JOSIE - DELTA NIRI
item Bogle, Margaret

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/22/2007
Publication Date: 4/12/2007
Citation: Yadrick, K., Kennedy, B.K., McCabe Sellers, B.J., Strickland, E., Franklin, J.L., Bogle, M.L. 2007. Community capacity for sustainability of nutrition and physical activity interventions in small, rural communities [abstract]. Community-Campus Partnerships of Health's 10th Anniversary Conference, April 11-14, 2007, Toronto, Candad. p. 44-45.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Rural communities would seem to present a challenge for sustainability of interventions because of resource limitations. This session will examine ways in which capacity for sustainability has been emphasized as part of nutrition and physical activity interventions in three rural Mississippi River Delta communities in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. It will highlight examples of existing community capacity, in the form of natural leaders and respected civic organizations and institutions, emerging and being integrated into intervention planning and implementation. The session will also share examples of capacity development, through leadership and skills training, collaborative planning efforts, and integration of intervention delivery with efforts of existing community organizations. Session goals are: To describe approaches to identifying and building community capacity for sustainability of nutrition and physical activity interventions in small, rural communities; to share models of community capacity-building that can be incorporated into community-based participatory research; to share challenges encountered in developing and implementing sustainable interventions in rural communities. Session learning objectives are: To evaluate the role of community residents as data collectors; to describe the role of community capacity-building in intervention sustainability in small communities; to identify opportunities and challenges related to intervention sustainability in small communities.