TAILIEUCHUNG - Impacts of nutrition and human services interventions on the health of elderly and disabled persons in public housing

Attempts to meet GHGE targets from the food chain must not be made in isolation because any dietary recommendations to reduce GHGEs must also meet dietary requirements for the health of the population. The most recent population-based energy and nutrient requirements were published in 1991 by the Department of Health (DoH 1991), with subsequent recommendations for specific food items such as fruit and vegetables, red and processed meat, and fish set by other organisations such as the Food Standards Agency and the World Cancer Research Fund (FSA 2007, WCRF 2007). The Department of Health dietary recommendations are now almost 20. | Impacts of nutrition and human services interventions on the health of elderly and disabled persons in public housing A study of the HUD ROSS-RSDM - Elderly and Persons with Disabilities grant funded programs in the Seattle Housing Authority s Low Income Public Housing program Collin Siu Congressional Hunger Center February 2009 Abstract This article presents the results of a quasi-experimental study of the effects of federally funded supportive services and interventions on the health outcomes of seniors and people with disabilities in Seattle public housing. The interventions studied are those funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development s Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency ROSS Resident Service Delivery Models - Elderly and Persons with Disabilities grant program in the Seattle Housing Authority s Low Income Public Housing program. Funded interventions include grocery delivery resource referral and case management services communal activities and events and health and wellness programming. The health outcomes of a treatment and control group were compared. We find a statistically significant relationship between the treatment group communities where ROSS Resident Service Delivery Models Elderly and Persons with Disabilities grant program funded services are available and increased social interaction among residents of all age groups decreased percentage of those going without treatment for certain conditions and decreased percentage of evictions that result in the tenant s having to leave from the public housing community. Additional findings include a high prevalence of barriers to accessing healthy foods low fruit and vegetable intake and a high rate of chronic conditions across treatment and control groups. A secondary analysis of clients of a grocery delivery service one of the main components of the funded interventions versus non-clients shows a statistically significant relationship between the grocery delivery service and .

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