Capacity building for health through community-based participatory nutrition intervention research in rural communities.
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. Textual analysis of project documents identifies and describes strategies carried out to foster capacity building. Strategies to build community capacity include fostering participation, cultivating leadership opportunities, training community members as co-researchers, securing community resources, and implementing the intervention together. Incorporating capacity-building approaches in health promotion and nutrition-intervention programming in rural communities provides a means to enhance potential for sustainability of health outcomes and developed effectiveness.
Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, USA. laura.m.hall@usm.edu
Laura H
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Downey
Diana Cuy
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Castellanos
Kathy
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Yadrick
Paula
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Threadgill
Betty
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Kennedy
Earline
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Strickland
T Elaine
TE
Prewitt
Margaret
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Bogle
D000328:Adult; D057191:Capacity Building / Q000379:methods*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008922:Mississippi; D044623:Nutrition Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012423:Rural Health