Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, UTHealth School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.
Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, UTHealth School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
J Nutr Educ Behav. 2021 Jan;53(1):75-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2020.10.003. Epub 2020 Oct 15.
Brighter Bites is a school-based health promotion program that delivers fresh produce and nutrition education to low-income children and their families across 6 locations in the US. This article provides a perspective on how, despite coronavirus disease 2019-related school closures, Brighter Bites pivoted rapidly to collaborate with medical and public health institutions to improve health and food literacy among their families. Through these partnerships, Brighter Bites was able to rapidly provide accurate, evidence-based information related to coronavirus disease 2019 and other social needs, including food, housing, transportation, and access to health care, to help fill a needed gap in vulnerable communities.
Brighter Bites 是一个基于学校的健康促进项目，为美国 6 个地点的低收入儿童及其家庭提供新鲜农产品和营养教育。本文提供了一个视角，说明尽管发生了 2019 冠状病毒病相关的学校关闭事件，Brighter Bites 如何迅速转变方向，与医疗和公共卫生机构合作，提高其家庭的健康和食品知识水平。通过这些伙伴关系，Brighter Bites 能够迅速提供有关 2019 冠状病毒病和其他社会需求的准确、基于证据的信息，包括食品、住房、交通和获得医疗保健的机会，以帮助填补弱势社区的需求缺口。
