Building Sustainable Community-Academic Partnerships while Implementing a Nutrition-Based Blackberry Garden Program at a Senior Center

Dawn P. Brewer; Annie Koempel; Abbey Moellering; Tammy Stephenson; Amy Kostelic; Julie Plasencia; Alexis Sheffield; Ben Guerrant; Alethia Price

doi:10.1080/19320248.2022.2099778

Building Sustainable Community-Academic Partnerships while Implementing a Nutrition-Based Blackberry Garden Program at a Senior Center

Dawn P. Brewer, Annie Koempel, Abbey Moellering, Tammy Stephenson, Amy Kostelic, Julie Plasencia, Alexis Sheffield, Ben Guerrant, Alethia Price

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Abstract

Due to limited access to and low consumption of fruits and vegetables, older adults are at increased risk of worsening or developing chronic diseases. This paper describes a community-academic partnership that provides a sustainable source of blackberries to attendees of a rural senior center. Qualitative research evaluated the partnership following implementation of a blackberry program. Focus groups and interviews included partners from a senior center, Cooperative Extension Service, and a detention center. Main themes: group power dynamics influenced communication between research and community leadership teams; unexpected project barriers emerged; and community leadership team suggested strategies to promote project longevity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	236-248
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2099778
State	Published - 2024

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Funding

This work was supported by the Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P42ES007380. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)	P42ES007380
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Keywords

Cooperative Extension Service
blackberries
built environment
community-academic partnerships
nutrition intervention
older adults

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

UN SDGs

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Brewer, D. P., Koempel, A., Moellering, A., Stephenson, T., Kostelic, A., Plasencia, J., Sheffield, A., Guerrant, B., & Price, A. (2024). Building Sustainable Community-Academic Partnerships while Implementing a Nutrition-Based Blackberry Garden Program at a Senior Center. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 19(2), 236-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2099778

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