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Reducing Food and Housing Insecurity at Kent State

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Author(s)
  • Fiona Allan
  • Dana'Sha White
  • Darlene Chapman
  • Kristin Hilles
  • Stephanie Schulda
Abstract

Public Health students in the Public Health Interventions I class at Kent State University took the initiative to understand the issue of housing insecurity and hunger at and around Kent State. We were surprised at the extent of the problem, and decided to host an event at the campus student center to create awareness. We hoped to motivate action by passing out paper bags filled with information regarding hunger and a small snack. We took pictures to post on our various social media pages to spread the word, and came up with the hashtag fight fhi, or fight food and housing insecurity. The results of our initiative showed us that food insecurity is more common that we realized, and we can no longer stay quiet about this threat to public health.

Format
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2018-04-05
Contributor(s)
Faculty Mentor
Cindy Widuck
MPH
Subject
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Modified Abstract

Public Health students in the Public Health Interventions I class at Kent State University took the initiative to understand the issue of hunger in and around Kent State. We were surprised at the extent of the problem, and decided to host an event at the campus student center to create awareness. We hoped to motivate action by passing out paper bags filled with information regarding hunger and a small snack. We took pictures to post on our various social media to spread the word, and came up with the hashtag fight fhi, or fight food and housing insecurity. The results of our initiative showed us that food insecurity is more common that we realized, and we can no longer stay quiet about this threat to public health.

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