Unit 9 Project: Rural Community Action For Better Health
Unit 9 Project
Rural Community Action for Better Health
Suzy Student
Learning University
CM220-28
Professor Awesome
February 14, 2013
Rural Community Action for Better Health
The vast fields and beautiful mountains of West Virginia are hiding secrets of poverty and desperation. West Virginia has severe health problems that are curable and avoidable through proper nutrition. The majority of citizens often struggle to feed their families consistent nutritious meals. This causes an array of chronic illnesses; diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and the list goes on. How can something be done to stop this atrocious problem? Providing research based facts to create awareness about these alarming health problems …show more content…
Communities getting involved in helping each other would overcome many of the obstacles they are facing. Talking to local organizations, churches, and local officials would benefit in implementing a program that brings people together optimizing the use of local fresh food resources to diminish the struggles they face. This variety of people providing additional ideas and support for a program to help out underprivileged individuals and families facilitate their nutritional needs makes the possibilities endless. Volunteers from local organizations and churches could provide creative assistance from experience in their diverse backgrounds. Using larger programs as an example such as “Let’s Move,” can show rural citizens what this program is accomplishing by solving similar issues in other areas of the United States. This example can supply a small community in West Virginia with ideas and even financial support from the Healthy Food Financing Initiative. The Healthy Food Financing Initiative provides funding to help supply underserved communities with fresh food (Let’s Move, n.d.). Since Let’s Move focuses on working together and self-reliance, it could only benefit a rural community to ask for funding on starting a program that involves communal gardening and hunting wild game to promote self-sufficiency. There are other options for funding such as local businesses, …show more content…
WVDNR Wildlife Resources states, “Hunting in West Virginia is a time-honored tradition in which the majority of families have at least one member who participates on a regular basis” (2014). People hunting together and working toward the goal of sustainability provides well-being. Wild game meat is the epitome of free range and very nutritious (Froedtert and Community Memorial Hospital Dietitians. (n.d.). Wild game is also steroid and antibiotic free which provides other health benefits. For this reason, encouraging hunting which is already common in rural areas benefits people with food insecurity in numerous ways (Froedtert and Community Memorial Hospital Dietitians. (n.d.). Hunting is a family and community sport that requires physical activity and leads to healthier individuals as a
Rural Community Action for Better Health
Suzy Student
Learning University
CM220-28
Professor Awesome
February 14, 2013
Rural Community Action for Better Health
The vast fields and beautiful mountains of West Virginia are hiding secrets of poverty and desperation. West Virginia has severe health problems that are curable and avoidable through proper nutrition. The majority of citizens often struggle to feed their families consistent nutritious meals. This causes an array of chronic illnesses; diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and the list goes on. How can something be done to stop this atrocious problem? Providing research based facts to create awareness about these alarming health problems …show more content…
Communities getting involved in helping each other would overcome many of the obstacles they are facing. Talking to local organizations, churches, and local officials would benefit in implementing a program that brings people together optimizing the use of local fresh food resources to diminish the struggles they face. This variety of people providing additional ideas and support for a program to help out underprivileged individuals and families facilitate their nutritional needs makes the possibilities endless. Volunteers from local organizations and churches could provide creative assistance from experience in their diverse backgrounds. Using larger programs as an example such as “Let’s Move,” can show rural citizens what this program is accomplishing by solving similar issues in other areas of the United States. This example can supply a small community in West Virginia with ideas and even financial support from the Healthy Food Financing Initiative. The Healthy Food Financing Initiative provides funding to help supply underserved communities with fresh food (Let’s Move, n.d.). Since Let’s Move focuses on working together and self-reliance, it could only benefit a rural community to ask for funding on starting a program that involves communal gardening and hunting wild game to promote self-sufficiency. There are other options for funding such as local businesses, …show more content…
WVDNR Wildlife Resources states, “Hunting in West Virginia is a time-honored tradition in which the majority of families have at least one member who participates on a regular basis” (2014). People hunting together and working toward the goal of sustainability provides well-being. Wild game meat is the epitome of free range and very nutritious (Froedtert and Community Memorial Hospital Dietitians. (n.d.). Wild game is also steroid and antibiotic free which provides other health benefits. For this reason, encouraging hunting which is already common in rural areas benefits people with food insecurity in numerous ways (Froedtert and Community Memorial Hospital Dietitians. (n.d.). Hunting is a family and community sport that requires physical activity and leads to healthier individuals as a