A decolonizing approach to health promotion in Canada: the case of the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project

Mundel, Erika; Chapman, Gwen E.

doi:10.1093/heapro/daq016

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“…Being in a safe environment (2) , breaking social isolation and having access to social and emotional support were more specific outcomes (6) . Making new friends (10) may also be a benefit.…”

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Social health and nutrition impacts of community kitchens: a systematic review

Iacovou

Pattieson

Truby

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Community kitchens have been implemented by communities as a public health strategy to prevent food insecurity through reducing social isolation, improving food and cooking skills and empowering participants. The aim of the present paper was to investigate whether community kitchens can improve the social and nutritional health of participants and their families. Design: A systematic review of the literature was conducted including searches of seven databases with no date limitations. Setting: Community kitchens internationally. Subjects: Participants of community kitchens across the world. Results: Ten studies (eight qualitative studies, one mixed-method study and one cross-sectional study) were selected for inclusion. Evidence synthesis suggested that community kitchens may be an effective strategy to improve participants' cooking skills, social interactions and nutritional intake. Community kitchens may also play a role in improving participants' budgeting skills and address some concerns around food insecurity. Long-term solutions are required to address income-related food insecurity. Conclusions: Community kitchens may improve social interactions and nutritional intake of participants and their families. More rigorous research methods, for both qualitative and quantitative studies, are required to effectively assess the impact of community kitchens on social and nutritional health in order to confidently recommend them as a strategy in evidence-based public health practice.

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Section: Summary Of Included Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social health and nutrition impacts of community kitchens: a systematic review

Iacovou

Pattieson

Truby

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Urban community gardens have a rich history in the United States of taking on conflicted political, social and historical meanings [8]. The ability to grow culturally appropriate food and maintain a cultural gathering space in community gardens has played a particularly important role amongst some immigrant populations [9][10][11][12]. Among native people, gardening can be used as a tool for decolonization [10].…”

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Growing Gardens in Shrinking Cities: A Solution to the Soil Lead Problem?

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Abstract:As cities shrink, they often leave a patchwork of vacancy on the landscape. The maintenance of vacant lands and eventual transformation to sustainable land uses is a challenge all cities face, but one that is particularly pronounced in shrinking cities. Vacant lands can support sustainability initiatives, specifically the expansion of urban gardens and local food production. However, many shrinking cities are the same aging cities that have experienced the highest soil lead burdens from their industrial past as well as the historic use of lead-based paint and leaded gasoline. Elevated soil lead is often viewed as a barrier to urban agriculture and managing for multiple ecosystem services, including food production and reduced soil lead exposure, remains a challenge. In this paper, we argue that a shift in framing the soil lead and gardening issue from potential conflict to potential solution can advance both urban sustainability goals and support healthy gardening efforts. Urban gardening as a potential solution to the soil lead problem stems from investment in place and is realized through multiple activities, in particular (1) soil management, including soil testing and the addition of amendments, and (2) social network and community building that leverages resources and knowledge.

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“…We were committed to the principle of integrating these values in our project design and frameworks in health. In academic terms, this is related to integrating intersectionality and decolonization theories and practice (Mundel & Chapman, 2010;Springer at al., 2012;St. Denis, 2014).…”

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Engaging Student Mothers Creatively: Animated Stories of Navigating University, Inner City, and Home Worlds

Kouri¹,

Guertin²,

Shingoose³

2017

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The article discusses a collaborative project undertaken in Saskatoon by Community Engagement and Outreach office at the University of Saskatchewan in partnership with undergraduate student mothers with lived experience of poverty. The results of the project were presented as an animated graphic narrative that seeks to make space for an under-represented student subpopulation, tracing strategies of survival among university, inner city and home worlds. The innovative animation format is intended to share with all citizens how community supports can be used to claim fairer health and education outcomes within system forces at play in society. This article discusses the project process, including the background stories of the students. The entire project, based at the University of Saskatchewan, Community Engagement and Outreach office at Station 20 West, in Saskatoon's inner city, explores complex intersections of racialization, poverty and gender for the purpose of cultivating empathy and deeper understanding within the university to better support inner city students. amplifying community voices and emphasizing the social determinants of health in Saskatoon through animated stories.KeyWords community student engagement; animation; social determinants of health; social justice; qualitative health approaches; critical collaboration; knowledge mobilization; For our project, the three authors, including two Saskatoon University of Saskatchewan undergraduate mothers with lived experience of poverty, collaborated to create a public narrative about student mothers' experiences. Our project invited the students to tell their story and supported them in the process. The stories were then presented in the form of two animated graphic narratives. The resulting video and presentations have been used to build understanding and support among the broader community. The project is based out of the University of Saskatchewan Community Engagement Office, located in a social enterprise centre called Station 20 West. Our work had various objectives from the perspectives of participants, the university and the community-based organizations involved. In achieving these, we were committed to specific principles and ideas, which we will discuss later in the article.

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A decolonizing approach to health promotion in Canada: the case of the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project

Cited by 110 publications

References 17 publications

Social health and nutrition impacts of community kitchens: a systematic review

Social health and nutrition impacts of community kitchens: a systematic review

Growing Gardens in Shrinking Cities: A Solution to the Soil Lead Problem?

Engaging Student Mothers Creatively: Animated Stories of Navigating University, Inner City, and Home Worlds

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