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The role of the community café in addressing food security: Perceptions of managers and directors
Authors Andrew McNeely, Lori Borchers, Jacob Szeszulski, Heather A. Eicher-Miller, Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler, Alexandra MacMillan Uribe Abstract In the United States, the pay-what-you-can restaurant model (community cafes) is an increasingly popular approach to addressing food insecurity in local communities. We conducted semi-structured interviews (n = 13) with community café executive managers and directors to assess…
Team-Based Research Pathways to Novel Health Interventions
Authors Andrew McNeely, Sarah N. Gatson Abstract This chapter presents three case studies of community health intervention from an ongoing ethnographic research collaboration in Brazos County, Texas, and explores how novel health interventions can be facilitated by research design and methodology. Each case study was motivated by undergraduate student involvement in the broader research collaboration,…
Religious food pantry culture: effects on nutrition policies and practices
Authors: Andrew McNeely, Marissa Cisneros, Vanessa Sanchez & Sarah N. Gatson Abstract: In 2020, Texas was overrepresented in food insecure households. One avenue many food insecure households take to subsidize their food intake is the use of food pantries. Previous literature has identified many efforts to incorporate nutritional information and foods at pantry sites. However,…
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