Project Number: 6251-53000-004-41
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 01, 2004
End Date: Aug 31, 2009

Objective:
The objective of this cooperative research project is to evaluate the nutritional health in the Lower Mississippi Delta, to identify nutritionally responsive problems, and to design and evaluate interventions that may be sustained at the community level and implemented on a larger scale in similar areas of the United States.

Approach:
Developing capacity as necessary, the Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Delta NIRI) Consortium will identify environmental and community characteristics related to nutritional status; measure dietary intake; assess nutritional risk factors; design, conduct, and evaluate interventions in the Lower Mississippi Delta. Alcorn State University (ASU) specifically will support community-based participatory research activities in Hollendale, MS, and other sites as mutually agreed upon. In addition, ASU will maintain a Center for Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Intervention to develop and support programs for training/follow-up on Delta NIRI subjects; conduct and implement education, research and service programs that improve the nutrition, health, and quality of life in targeted communities; develop, conduct, and enhance nutrition and health intervention programs; and develop and disseminate information to targeted audiences/clients to promote optimal nutrition, diet, and health.