TY - JOUR
T1 - Food for Life / Comida para la Vida
T2 - creating a food festival to raise diabetes awareness.
AU - Lancaster, Kristie
AU - Walker, Willie
AU - Vance, Thomas
AU - Kaskel, Phyllis
AU - Arniella, Guedy
AU - Horowitz, Carol
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - African and Latino Americans have higher rates of diabetes and its complications than White Americans. Identifying people with undiagnosed diabetes and helping them obtain care can help to prevent complications and mortality. To kick off a screening initiative, our community-academic partnership created the "Food for Life Festival," or "Festival Comida para la Vida." This article will describe the community's perspective on the Festival, which was designed to screen residents, and demonstrate that eating healthy can be fun, tasty, and affordable in a community-centered, culturally consonant setting. More than 1,000 residents attended the event; 382 adults were screened for diabetes, and 181 scored as high risk. Fifteen restaurants distributed free samples of healthy versions of their popular dishes. Community residents, restaurateurs, and clinicians commented that the event transformed many of their preconceived ideas about healthy foods and patient care.
AB - African and Latino Americans have higher rates of diabetes and its complications than White Americans. Identifying people with undiagnosed diabetes and helping them obtain care can help to prevent complications and mortality. To kick off a screening initiative, our community-academic partnership created the "Food for Life Festival," or "Festival Comida para la Vida." This article will describe the community's perspective on the Festival, which was designed to screen residents, and demonstrate that eating healthy can be fun, tasty, and affordable in a community-centered, culturally consonant setting. More than 1,000 residents attended the event; 382 adults were screened for diabetes, and 181 scored as high risk. Fifteen restaurants distributed free samples of healthy versions of their popular dishes. Community residents, restaurateurs, and clinicians commented that the event transformed many of their preconceived ideas about healthy foods and patient care.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 20097997
AN - SCOPUS:79952110722
SN - 1557-0541
VL - 3
SP - 359
EP - 363
JO - Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action
JF - Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action
IS - 4
ER -