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Title: CONDUCTING NEEDS ASSESSMENT USING THE COMPREHENSIVE PARTICIPATORY PLANNING AND EVALUATION MODEL TO DEVELOP NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ITERVENTIONS IN A RURAL LOWER MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY

Author
item NDIRANGU, MURUGI - UNIV SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
item YADRICK, KATHLEEN - UNIV SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
item AVIS, AMANDA - ALCORN UNIVERSITY
item SANTELL, ROSS - UNIV SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
item PERKINS, HELEN - HNIRI
item WEST, JENNIFER - UNIV SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
item CONNELL, CAROL - UNIV SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
item STRICKLAND, EARLINE - USDA CONSULTANT
item Bogle, Margaret

Submitted to: Journal of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/20/2006
Publication Date: 3/7/2006
Citation: Ndirangu, M., Yadrick, K., Avis, A., Santell, R., Perkins, H., West, J.R., Connell, C., Strickland, E., Bogle, M.L. 2006. Conducting needs assessment using the comprehensive participatory planning and evaluation model to develop nutrition and physical activity iterventions in a rural Lower Mississippi Delta community [abstract]. Journal of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 20(5):A1008.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Community members from a Lower Mississippi Delta community and university research partners used the Comprehensive Participatory Planning and evaluation (CPPE) model to identify and prioritize three food and nutrition-related problems in the community as a basis for intervention planning. Community workshops implementing the first two CPPE steps, problem assessment and identification and selection of interventions, identified intake of unhealthy foods, lack of nutrition knowledge, and lack of adequate physical activity as community priories. Community members and university partners developed models to identify potential causes for each problem. Finally workshop participants developed a menu of intervention as well as criteria by which to rank the interventions. The menu of interventions consisted of ten objectives to address poor nutrition in this community and a total of 27 intervention activities to meet the objectives.