Research Project:
LOWER MISSISSIPPI DELTA NUTRITION INTERVENTION RESEARCH INITIATIVE - UAMS COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Location: Delta Obesity Prevention Research Unit
Project Number: 6251-53000-004-35
Project Type:
Specific Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 01, 2003
End Date: Aug 31, 2008
Objective:
A primary objective of the Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Delta NIRI) Consortium mission being conducted in part under this cooperative agreement is to develop sustainable nutrition intervention strategies in the Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD) through community-based participatory research. The specific objective of this cooperative research project is to establish and support a cooperative partnership between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), College of Public Health (COPH), which will work with ARS and other Delta NIRI partners to coordinate, assist, design, organize, conduct, interpret, and evaluate community participatory based nutritional interventions established within the LMD to evaluate nutritional health, identify nutritionally responsive problems, and develop and evaluate interventions which are sustainable at the community level.
Approach:
The COPH will provide the services of one or more representatives who will support nutrition intervention research initiatives in the LMD. These representatives will work in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS), and other Delta NIRI Consortium partners, to conduct, support, and facilitate nutrition interventions related to the nutritional health of the LMD.
Following implementation and evaluation of these nutrition intervention strategies, the Delta NIRI Consortium with cooperation from the UAMS, COPH scientists, will identify successful intervention strategies, evaluate the impact of community participation, and determine specific characteristics of the community that contributed to intervention success.
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