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Process Evaluation of a Community Garden at an Urban Outpatient Clinic
Journal of community health, v 42(4), pp 639-648
01 Aug 2017
PMID: 27900514
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
In addition to expediting patient recovery, community gardens that are associated with medical facilities can provide fresh produce to patients and their families, serve as a platform for clinic-based nutrition education, and help patients develop new skills and insights that can lead to positive health behavior change. While community gardening is undergoing resurgence, there is a strong need for evaluation studies that employ valid and reliable measures. The objective of this study was to conduct a process evaluation of a community garden program at an urban medical clinic to estimate the prevalence of patient awareness and participation, food security, barriers to participation, and personal characteristics; garden volunteer satisfaction; and clinic staff perspectives in using the garden for patient education/treatment. Clinic patients (n = 411) completed a community garden participation screener and a random sample completed a longer evaluation survey (n = 152); garden volunteers and medical staff completed additional surveys. Among patients, 39% had heard of and 18% had received vegetables from the garden; the greatest barrier for participation was lack of awareness. Volunteers reported learning about gardening, feeling more involved in the neighborhood, and environmental concern; and medical staff endorsed the garden for patient education/treatment. Comprehensive process evaluations can be utilized to quantify benefits of community gardens in medical centers as well as to point out areas for further development, such as increasing patient awareness. As garden programming at medical centers is formalized, future research should include systematic evaluations to determine whether this unique component of the healthcare environment helps improve patient outcomes.
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- Title
- Process Evaluation of a Community Garden at an Urban Outpatient Clinic
- Creators
- Brandy-Joe Milliron - Drexel UniversityMara Z. Vitolins - Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterElizabeth Gamble - Wake Forest UniversityRobert Jones - Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterMargaret C. Chenault - Drexel University College of Nursing and Health ProfessionsJanet A. Tooze - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
- Publication Details
- Journal of community health, v 42(4), pp 639-648
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- P30CA012197 / NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest School of Medicine National Cancer Institute's Cancer Control Traineeship
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Nutrition Sciences
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000404666900002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85000613286
- Other Identifier
- 991019168785104721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Health Policy & Services
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health