Medical Education Transformation and Strengthening Food Justice
Grantee: Endeavor Health
Year Funded: 2024
Amount: $80,000
Report Status: In Process
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Project Summary: Arm One will refine, uplift, and expand our existing CM program, moving from the current 15 students to all 90 medical students. The course covers the benefits of food as medicine for health and empowers them to guide patients in adopting better nutritional habits tailored to their specific needs.
The following arms utilize " train the trainer" programming to increase impact and reach for Chicago's most vulnerable kids and patients.
Arm Two refines and scales our Food Is Power Program in Chicago Public Schools- a decolonized, Afrocentric plant-based nutrition/food justice curriculum for kids in food apartheid affected South Chicago
Arm Three uplifts the community classes for patients with chronic conditions; a "train the trainer " program that can allow for scale and further outreach to reach more community members.
Anticipated Outcomes:
Enhanced nutritional knowledge and counseling skills among medical students, leading to better patient outcomes as they enter the workforce of practicing nutrition literate, whole food knowledgable physicians
Increased reach and impact of the Food Is Power program fostering better nutritional habits and food justice awareness among middle school students in the neighborhoods we serve: at risk, historically marginalized communities impacted by systemic inequalities
Broader access to community nutrition classes, enabling more at risk Chicagoans to manage chronic conditions through improved dietary practices.
