Food Access & Health: Examining the changing food environment

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July 31st, 2014

Issue 31

Food Access & Health: Examining the changing food environment

Changes to the federal food assistance program for low-income women and their children improved the availability of healthy foods for them to buy at small stores in New Orleans, according to new research from the Tulane Prevention Research Center (PRC). Click here to read more.

	New chair wants PRC's Community Advisory Board to become model for others July 30, 2014 Peter Stevenson has worked in recreational sports, fitness and wellness for more than 20 years across the country. So he jumped at the chance to be more involved in community-based health work in New Orleans and become the chair… Continued
	Legislative Briefs: Government actions on obesity July 30, 2014 Programs aim to revitalize blighted lots, build healthy communities in New Orleans Blighted, vacant and overgrown properties are in nearly every neighborhood in New Orleans. These problematic lots often generate crime, hurt neighborhood economic activity, and can prevent residents… Continued
	PRC staff named fellow in national Community Health Worker project July 30, 2014 A national fellowship program has selected Catherine Haywood, Community Service Program Manager at the Tulane Prevention Research Center (PRC), to be one of two Community Health Workers to lead, coordinate and make recommendations to formalize standards for the Community… Continued
	PRC faculty investigator earns top Tulane award July 30, 2014 Diego Rose, researcher with the Tulane Prevention Research Center (PRC) and a professor in the Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Department at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, received the 2014 President's Award for Graduate… Continued
	Partner Updates & Pics July 30, 2014 Check out what members of the Tulane Prevention Research Center’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) have been up to this summer! Click on the photo to the right to see pictures from a few of our CAB members. To find… Continued
	Message from the Director July 30, 2014 As Director of the Tulane PRC, I am truly excited about our new funding and our new work in New Orleans communities. Our Principal Investigator for Research, Jeanette Gustat, has an appeal that I am happy to use as… Continued
	Preparations underway for local, national presentations on PRC work July 30, 2014 New Orleans plays host to two large conferences this fall, at which staff of the Tulane Prevention Research Center (PRC) will present findings related to school-based nutrition and food initiatives, neighborhood factors related to physical activity, changes to food… Continued