Purpose
           Nutrition and Food Security: Working with Community Health Workers by Marti Woolford
        •  The purpose of the 
           Community Health 
           Worker program is to 
           share information on 
           basic nutrition, food 
           safety, and exercise and 
           wellness education with 
           newly resettled 
           refugees.
                                            
                            Goals
        Nutrition and Food Security: Working with Community Health Workers by Marti Woolford
      • The goals of the program are to
         – Encourage clients to eat foods from each of the food 
           groups
         – Teach clients the importance and benefits of eating a 
           balanced diet
         – Introduce clients to healthy American food at each class
         – Teach food safety
         – Increase food security
         – Teach clients the importance of exercise and introduce 
           the group to new forms of exercise
         – Empower women and build community
                                  
                          Definitions
         Nutrition and Food Security: Working with Community Health Workers by Marti Woolford
      • Food Security
          – High food security- No reported indications of 
            food-access problems or limitations
          – Marginal food security- One or two reported 
            indications; typically of anxiety over food 
            sufficiency or shortage of food in the house. Little 
            or no indication of changes in diets or food intake
          – Low food security- Reports of reduced quality, 
            variety, or desirability of diet. Little or no indication 
            of reduced food intake
          – Very low food security- Reports of multiple 
            indications of disrupted eating patterns and 
            reduced food intake    
                                        Source: Nord & Coleman-Jensen, 2009
                    Definitions
       Nutrition and Food Security: Working with Community Health Workers by Marti Woolford
     • Community Health Worker
       – Provide their communities with information about health 
         issues that affect them and link individuals with the 
         health and social services they need to achieve 
         wellness.
     • Refugee
       – A person who “owing to a well-founded fear of being 
         persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, 
         membership of a particular social group or political 
         opinion, is outside the country of his or her nationality 
         and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail 
         himself of the protection of that country” 
                         Source:http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49da0e466.html
                            
                          Definitions
         Nutrition and Food Security: Working with Community Health Workers by Marti Woolford
      • WIC
          – Formal title is the Special Supplemental Nutrition 
            Program for Women, Infants, and Children
          – This program serves to safeguard the health of 
            low-income women, infants, and children up to 
            age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing 
            nutritious foods to supplement diets, information 
            on healthy eating and referrals to health care.
                            Source: http://fns.usda.gov/wic/aboutwic/wicataglance.htm