Background: Alternative food programs have been proposed as solutions to food insecurity and diet-related health issues. However, some of the most popular programs--farmers markets and community-supported agriculture--overwhelmingly serve White and upper-middle-class individuals, exacerbating food security and health disparities. One explanation…

In the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd in 1999, a Community Advisory Committee requested assistance from its university partners (University of North Carolina) to address stress and increased risk for intimate partner violence (IPV). Collected from 12 study work sites, baseline data indicated that IPV rates were higher among blue-collar women in…