TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating Community Gardens in a Health Disparate Region
T2 - A Qualitative Case Study Approach
AU - Zanko, Ashley
AU - Hill, Jennie L.
AU - Estabrooks, Paul A.
AU - Niewolny, Kim L.
AU - Zoellner, Jamie
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded, in part, by funds from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (Zoellner/Hill MPI).
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - Though community gardens (CGs) have emerged as a potential strategy to improve access to and consumption of fruit and vegetables, few published studies inform program planning, implementation, or maintenance of CG initiatives. Grounded in the community-based participatory research approach and guided by the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) framework, this qualitative case study explored perceptions of CG among 6 CG leaders and 21 CG participants in the health disparate Dan River region. Findings highlight key opportunities to promote the successful reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of CGs in similar vulnerable communities.
AB - Though community gardens (CGs) have emerged as a potential strategy to improve access to and consumption of fruit and vegetables, few published studies inform program planning, implementation, or maintenance of CG initiatives. Grounded in the community-based participatory research approach and guided by the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) framework, this qualitative case study explored perceptions of CG among 6 CG leaders and 21 CG participants in the health disparate Dan River region. Findings highlight key opportunities to promote the successful reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of CGs in similar vulnerable communities.
KW - RE-AIM
KW - community-based participatory research
KW - health status disparities
KW - qualitative research
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U2 - 10.1080/19320248.2014.898171
DO - 10.1080/19320248.2014.898171
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901289372
SN - 1932-0248
VL - 9
SP - 137
EP - 169
JO - Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
JF - Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
IS - 2
ER -