I have another resource
I would like to highlight! Since much of
my background includes food-related jobs, and my future will likely include
work to resolve these issues either through research, non-profit organizations,
policy development or education, I like to follow what is happening in these
settings.
According to
Healthy People 2020:
“complex relationships exist
between health and biology, genetics, and individual behavior, and between
health and health services, socioeconomic status, the physical environment,
discrimination, racism, literacy levels, and legislative policies. These
factors, which influence an individual’s or population’s health, are known as
determinants of health. For all Americans, other influences on health include
the availability of and access to …. Nutritious food…”
Many organizations worldwide work to improve the
overall wellness of specific communities or populations. I often wonder about the amount of overlap
that is caused when multiple organizations are working to help the same
population and if there was a way to consolidate the efforts more effectively.
The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is a
national nonprofit that works to address issues related to hunger, food
insecurity and poverty. FRAC encourages
relationships with hundreds of national, state and local nonprofit organizations,
public agencies, corporations and labor organizations by
- Conducting research to document the extent of hunger, its impact and effective solutions
- Seeking to improve federal, state and local public policies to reduce hunger and undernutrition
- Monitoring the implementation of laws and serving as a watchdog of programs
- Providing coordination, training, technical assistance and support on nutrition and anti-poverty issues to a nationwide network of advocates, service providers, food banks, program administrators and participants, and policymakers
- Conducting public information campaigns to help promote changes in attitude and policies
- Offers access to data, publications and statistics
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