The Urban Nutrition Initiative: Bringing Academically-Based Community Service to the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Anthropology

Autor/inn/en	Johnston, Francis E.; Harkavy, Ira; Barg, Frances; Gerber, Danny; Rulf, Jennifer
Titel	The Urban Nutrition Initiative: Bringing Academically-Based Community Service to the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Anthropology
Quelle	In: Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 10 (2004) 3, S.100-106 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1076-0180
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Nutrition; Urban Areas; School Community Relationship; Community Services; Service Learning; Action Research; Participatory Research; Partnerships in Education; Student Research; Public Health; Obesity; Health Promotion; Life Style; Educational Experience; Anthropology; Pennsylvania; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ernährung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Service-Learning; Projektforschung; Forschungstätigkeit; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Studentenforschung; Gesundheitswesen; Adipositas; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Lebensstil; Bildungserfahrung; Anthropologie; USA
Abstract	The Urban Nutrition Initiative (UNI) is a University of Pennsylvania/West Philadelphia schools academically-based community service program that integrates academics, research, and service through service-learning and participatory action research. UNI is based academically within Penn's Department of Anthropology and administratively within the Center for Community Partnerships. University and school student learning is based upon problem-solving, with theory and methods utilized from across the disciplines. As active learners, students generate knowledge through engagement with the community, which can then be applied as appropriate to other situations. UNI focuses on nutrition-related diseases, including obesity, that constitute an epidemic in the United States, especially among disadvantaged minorities, and contribute to prevalent health disparities. Student research has demonstrated UNI has positive impacts on schoolchildren's diets and Penn students' educational experiences. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, University of Michigan. 1024 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3310. Tel: 734-647-7402; Fax: 734-647-7464; Web site: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10