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Lewiston Community Food Assessment “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Michelle Vazquez Jacobus David E. Harris

Lewiston Community Food Assessment “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are."

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Michelle Vazquez Jacobus David E. Harris. Lewiston Community Food Assessment “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. The Community Food Assessment (CFA). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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  • Lewiston Community Food AssessmentTell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Michelle Vazquez JacobusDavid E. Harris

  • The Community Food Assessment (CFA)The Downtown Educational Collaborative (DEC) St. Marys Nutrition Center and DEC partners begin overview of nature of nutritional issues in Lewiston City Of Lewiston Efforts on part of many groups for many years to do collaborative needs/assets assessment including LUCC, Bates Service Learning Office, MAO and othersUSM LAC community based interdisciplinary campus with mission to serve and work with community.

  • The Downtown Education Collaborative (DEC) is a ground-breaking community education partnership comprising four colleges (Bates, USM LAC, CMCC, and Andover College) and three community-based organizations (Empower Lewiston, Lewiston Public Library and Lewiston Adult Education). It aims topursue community-based educational work in and with Lewistons underserved downtown neighborhood. DECs mission is to cohere the resources of the colleges and to bring them to bear on the community, in partnership with the community, to contribute to the revitalization of downtown Lewiston.

  • USM LACFounded in 1988 in response to community call, USM LAC is a campus of USM developed of, by and for the community. The campus serves1250 mostly non-traditional students, a majority of whom are also first-generation college students. LAC students routinely juggle college classes, employment, and family obligations.

    It is paramount to the colleges mission that the curriculumbe relevant to the lives of its students and to their needs indeveloping skills and knowledge necessary to succeed inthe community.

  • Caf Bon Bon

  • Impacts on StudentsEnhances student learning: Develops skills and teaches content Prepares students for professions and future in the field Affords greater access to college Contributes to student retention, perseverance, sustainabilityBuilds student esteem and confidenceDevelops students as citizens: cultivates awareness of social justice, diversity, morality, empathy, social responsibility, understanding of difference/other, life-long civic engagement

  • Impact on Faculty

    Provides opportunity for collaborationConnects faculty to community, to colleagues and to institutionDevelops faculty sense of meaning, identity, and esteem protective against burn outBuilds faculty skills and learningHas potential for developing faculty researchRefreshes course content, faculty teaching and presentation Provides opportunity for current and relevant application of course material

  • Impact on InstitutionBuilds profile and public image (if done well, completely and responsibly)Aids student recruitmentEncourages gifts, donations, alumni volunteerism Extends institutional resources through collaboration Strengthens relationship with community organizations and with community as whole Possibility for improving institutions status with government and political officials because of all aboveRenews university relevance in community and society

  • Impact on Community

    Extends resources of college to the communityExtends opportunities for lifelong learningBuilds community capacity Contributes to improved college access and aspirations

  • Trinity Jubilee Center

  • Two Community Engagement Focused ClassesApplied Social Policy Students partner with community organizations to engage in project of positive social change.Geographic Information Systems students learn skills and technology for GIS mapping. GIS students mapped the food stores located by ASP students.

  • Initial Findings/Questions Raised by Student Engagement Accessibility includes comfort, safety, cultural familiarityTransportation or lack thereof is key determinant of accessibilityWeather related challenges can be greatest obstacle to accessibilityIn many stores items like cigarettes by the piece, beer and lottery tickets are easier to come by than apples or carrots.

  • Community Food Assessment (CFA) Phase 2

    A collaborative project of DEC members and SOCHS

    Study Location: Lewiston, Maine

    Question: How do food store characteristics & demographics interact to impact food insecurity?

    Approach: Map food stores: What is sold? Price?Map demographics of at risk groupshttp://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FoodSecurity/images/2006map.gifhttp://www.cfpa.net/Alerts/12.3.07.html

  • Food Stores Healthy Food Categories AvailableHealthy Food CategoriesFresh FruitsFresh VegetablesFrozen VegetablesReduced Fat DairyWhole GrainsCanned or Dried Peas or BeansLean Meats

  • Food Stores With Most Healthy Food Categories Available

  • Least Expensive Food Stores & Fraction Single-Parent Households with Children

  • Poverty Rates and Stores Selling Soda and/or Beer

  • Halal Stores And Areas Where African Immigrants Live

  • Fraction of Households With Member > 65 YOA

  • Fraction of Households Without a Car

  • Question: Are members of at risk groups more likely to live > 1 km from a store selling most healthy food categories?

    Analysis: Compare populations of census blocks < 1 km from a store to populations of blocks > 1 km Chi-sq

    Result:

    Conclusion: People at risk for food insecurity are NOT more likely to live > 1 km from a food store

    Chi & Simple

    Chi-sq results comparing fraction of those who do vs do not belong to vulnerable group

    Group%< 1 km%> 1 kmp-value

    Single Parent Kids 1 km from a store

    Simple linear regression

    Food cost# Soda locations# Beer locationsDistance to cheap store

    GroupCoefficientp-valueR-sqCoefficientp-valueR-sqCoefficientp-valueR-sqCoefficientp-valueR-sq

    Single Parent Kids

  • Questions: What predicts a high cost at the closest store with most food categories?What predicts large numbers of stores selling soda/ beer within 1 km?What predicts a longer distance to the closest inexpensive store?

    Analysis: Census block level Simple linear regression analysis

    Result:

    Conclusion: Areas with high fractions of people who may be at risk for food insecurity are likely:1) to have a higher cost of healthy food at the closest store2) to have a larger number of stores selling beer & soda within 1 km3) to be closer to an inexpensive store

    Chi & Simple

    Chi-sq results comparing fraction of those who do vs do not belong to vulnerable group

    Group< 1 km> 1 kmp-value

    Single Parent Kids 1 km from a store

    Simple linear regression

    Food cost# Soda locations# Beer locationsDistance to cheap store

    GroupCoefficientp-valueR-sqCoefficientp-valueR-sqCoefficientp-valueR-sqCoefficientp-valueR-sq

    Single Parent Kids

  • Questions: How do areas where recent African immigrants live compare to other parts of the city?Cost of food at the closest storeNumber of stores selling beer/ soda within 1 kmDistance to closest inexpensive store

    Analysis: Compare t-tests

    Result:

    Conclusion: Areas with recent immigrant populations are more likely:1) to have a higher cost of healthy food at the closest store2) to have a larger number of stores selling beer & soda within 1 km3) to be closer to an inexpensive store

    Chi & Simple

    Chi-sq results comparing fraction of those who do vs do not belong to vulnerable group

    Group< 1 km> 1 kmp-value

    Single Parent Kids 1 km from a store

    Simple linear regression

    Food cost# Soda locations# Beer locationsDistance to cheap store

    GroupCoefficientp-valueR-sqCoefficientp-valueR-sqCoefficientp-valueR-sqCoefficientp-valueR-sq

    Single Parent Kids

  • Summary If people at risk for food insecurity are disadvantaged by geography it is because:1) the closest store where they can buy healthy food is more expensive2) there are larger numbers of stores selling soda & beer nearby

    People at risk for food insecurity:1) are not more likely to live > 1 km from a store selling healthy food2) are likely to live closer to inexpensive storeInterpretation People will need tools and the will to:1) pass the more expensive closer store2) resist opportunities to buy unhealthy food

    Community has a responsibility to:1) plan to meet needs of diverse groups 2) provide accessible healthy food purchase options

  • Issues Raised for further consideration1 KM 10 miles if impediments like disability, young children, time, stress, weather are issuesOnly 3 stores have food that African immigrants may require for their diet (halal meats), all 3 are downtown and none are amongst those with great variety or low pricesStill need updated demographic information re specifically where those vulnerable to food insecurity livePieces regarding emergency food resources and food supplementation sources (like soup kitchens, food pantries, community gardens) need to be added to assets and mappedOngoing research please let us know if interested!

  • Rodger the Cook at 100 Pine Street

  • Lots to Gardens Childrens Garden at Hillview

  • Farm land just a few minutes out of town

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