ABSTRACTCollaborative efforts between Extension and healthcare institutions hold the potential to address key health challenges, particularly in reducing chronic diseases and promoting health equity. This presentation will explore the symbiotic relationship between Extension and healthcare and the importance of strengthening such partnerships to address issues of nutrition insecurity, health, and wellbeing.
Connections between healthcare and Extension can help to improve food security, lower chronic disease risks, and provide access to local, nutrient-dense produce to program participants. Nutrition education becomes a powerful tool in addressing health disparities and promoting overall wellbeing. Extension's unique position as a trusted partner stems from its rich history of community involvement, establishing long-standing relationships with diverse populations. Leveraging this trust helps to ensure the development of programming grounded in community and inclusivity, thus leading to better program outcomes.
This presentation will also explore the practical benefits of collaborations between Extension and healthcare in the context of addressing chronic diseases. With healthcare often constrained by time and resources, Extension can fill the gap and provide opportunities for impactful programs that might otherwise be impossible, allowing for more efficient use of resources within traditional healthcare settings.
Finally, this presentation will draw on real-world examples to illustrate successful collaborations between Extension and healthcare. These examples will showcase various ways in which University of Minnesota Extension partners with healthcare entities to improve health outcomes in participants.
In this session, participants will:
- Recognize the importance of Extension’s role in the successful implementation and evaluation of nutrition education based programs with various healthcare partners
- Identify strategies to integrate community-based nutrition education into healthcare systems, such as improved adoption of food insecurity screenings and increased referrals to nutrition support services in healthcare settings
- Compare various approaches to produce prescription programs
- Understand the unique opportunities and challenges of projects focused on the intersection of food access, community-based programs, and healthcare systems
AUTHORSNikki Johnson, Kate Welshons, Abby Gold, Rachel Jones
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