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ERIC Number: EJ1471050
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 10
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EISSN: EISSN-1077-5315
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Perceived Healthfulness of the Environment of Communities with Low Income: Focus Groups and Interviews with Extension Nutrition Educators
Elder Garcia Varela; Jamie Zeldman; Jade McNamara; Jesse S. Morrell; Lisa Franzen-Castle; Melissa D. Olfert; Tandalayo Kidd; Kendra Kattelmann; Geoffrey Greene; Karla P. Shelnutt
Journal of Extension, v63 n1 Article 2 2025
This study explored Extension nutrition educators' (NEs) perceptions of community members' challenges and opportunities for achieving a healthy lifestyle. NEs represented various communities with low income across nine states. NEs across locations identified similar barriers (i.e., lack of access and availability of healthy and affordable foods; access to transportation; and financial insecurity) and opportunities (i.e., trustworthy and free nutrition education resources and programs; and access to food banks, food pantries, and health care professionals) that prevented or facilitated a healthful lifestyle. Future research should explore key community stakeholder and community member perceptions to guide the development of community-driven interventions.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida; Kansas; Maine; Nebraska; New Hampshire; Rhode Island; South Dakota; Tennessee; West Virginia
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