Project report
Responding to Intergenerational Food Security and Nutrition Education Needs With Remote Programming
Scrivano R, Jarrott S, Naar J ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001Food for a Long Life is a community-based participatory research project that adapted its nutrition education programming during COVID-19 when in-person intergenerational activities between older adults and preschool children had to stop. The project pivoted to remote delivery, expanding food pantry services to several hundred families and providing nutrition programming to youth and older adults across two US states. The adaptation aimed to address increased food insecurity and social isolation while building sustainable intergenerational food and nutrition programs.
Key points
- In-person intergenerational nutrition programming was halted due to COVID-19 center closures
- Programming was adapted to remote delivery with new partnerships including county Extension agents
- Food pantry services were expanded to serve several hundred families
- Remote nutrition programming reached 28 youth and 130 older adult participants across two states
- Community-based participatory research methods enabled adaptive programming while pursuing project sustainability goals
Limitations
The abstract provides limited data on outcomes, effectiveness measures, or specific results of the remote programming. It does not report whether the remote delivery achieved the same nutritional or food security benefits as the original in-person model.
Abstract
Abstract In-person intergenerational programming focused on nutrition education and healthy food access among older adults and preschool children in care settings was abandoned last year when COVID forced center closures. Food for a Long Life (FFLL), a 5-year community-based participatory research (CBPR) project, re-oriented programming in response to heightened community food insecurity and social isolation during COVID. With county Extension agents, FFLL modified and initiated new partnerships to expand food pantry services for several hundred families and deliver nutrition programming to youth (n=28) and older adult (n=130) participants in two states. In this presentation we share how the CBPR method supported adaptive programming and evaluation while continuing to advance project goals, including to promote the sustainability of an intergenerational food pantry and nutrition programming delivery after funding ends in summer 2021.