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MountainWise Partnership for Health<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The MountainWise Partnership for Health is a Duke Endowment funded Healthy People Healthy Carolinas (HPHC) coalition which is focused on improving regional health outcomes through healthy eating and active living, primarily in Swain, Jackson, and Macon Counties initially. The coalition is composed of community and professional representatives engaged in the work of public health, food systems development, education, economic development, local government, and food security programming. The coalition works to reduce rates of chronic disease and illness by planning, implementing, and supporting evidence-based interventions which result in changes to participants\u2019 knowledge, skills, attitudes, or behaviors, or improvements in local policies, systems, or environment.<\/p>\n

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For more information, contact Brittany Bramlett<\/i> at <\/i>brittany@mountainwise.org<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Current MountainWise Partnership for Health Projects<\/h1>\n

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Dr. Patrick Baron, an adjunct professor at Western Carolina University, partnered with MountainWise\u2019s HPHC (Healthy People Healthy Carolinas) to develop Community Food Assessments (CFAs) for Swain, Jackson, and Macon Counties.<\/strong> The overall objective of the CFAs is an in-depth look at the trends and issues occurring in a 3-county area for the population that is experiencing food insecurity. Phase 1 of the project collected existing secondary data related to local food system assets and food access resources to better understand the food and health goals and priorities of each county. Phase 2 of the project was comprised of primary data collection, including qualitative interviews with directors of food pantries and human service organizations serving three-county area and surveys distributed to patrons of food pantries, feeding programs, WIC enrolled households in Produce Rx program.
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