RLHPF Confrence Booklet 2020 Final - Flipbook - Page 1
Nahyaab Shaikh | California State University, Los Angeles
Nahyaab Shaikh
Randall Lewis Health Policy
Fellowship
Adventist Health White
Memorial
Introduction
Adventist Health White
Memorial’s mission is “living
God's love by inspiring
health, wholeness and
hope”. Their vision includes
improving the physical,
mental and spiritual health of
the community, enhancing
interactions with our
patients, providers and
employees, managing
people’s health to help make
care more affordable. They
provide many services a few
of which include cancer care
and rehabilitation services. I
am working with the
community engagement
department of AHWM to
create and implement a
program to increase health
outcomes for the community
by engaging the youth to
learn about and grow their
own food.
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Garden-Based
Nutrition for
Elementary School
Students
in Downtown Los
Angeles
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Results
Methods
The task was to implement a garden-based nutrition
workshop for elementary school students that lived near
the community garden that was overseen by AHWM. The
goal of the project was to promote healthy eating in
downtown LA through cultivating produce from
community gardens and at home. The objective was to
create a lesson plan to get these students to engage with
growing their own produce and to assess results to be able
to use in other communities. A few activities to promote
the objective was to get these students to participate in
seeing the community garden, learn about the five
different food groups and to taste fruits and vegetables
grown in the garden.
If this lesson plan garnered
success, the workshop could
be utilized in other
communities in downtown Los
Angeles. Many families in DTLA
are underprivileged, and as a
result often are forced into
eating cheap and unhealthy
foods. Using the open space in
communities and outside
homes to produce food can
not only increase health
through healthy eating, it can
also increase their livelihood by
allowing them to save money
on food. They can use the
money they save on food and
healthcare to put into use
other ways to promote their
own and their family’s
livelihood.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Overall this project has great
potential to make significant
positive change in the lives of
those who live in DTLA. Not only
can it provide healthier eating
and increased savings (from
buying less produce and health
costs) it also allows children an
outlet to engage with the
environment and stimulate their
mind with developing useful
gardening skills. This community
needs nutritional health and this
workshop is addressing needs
while allowing the community to
utilize assets to improve health.
Collaborating with others and
assessing community needs are
at the forefront of this project
to promote healthy and happy
communities.
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