Abstract Title
Reducing Food and Housing Insecurity at Kent State
Abstract
Public Health students in the Public Health Interventions I class at Kent State University took the initiative to understand the issue of housing insecurity and hunger at and around Kent State. We were surprised at the extent of the problem, and decided to host an event at the campus student center to create awareness. We hoped to motivate action by passing out paper bags filled with information regarding hunger and a small snack. We took pictures to post on our various social media pages to spread the word, and came up with the hashtag fight fhi, or fight food and housing insecurity. The results of our initiative showed us that food insecurity is more common that we realized, and we can no longer stay quiet about this threat to public health.
Modified Abstract
Public Health students in the Public Health Interventions I class at Kent State University took the initiative to understand the issue of hunger in and around Kent State. We were surprised at the extent of the problem, and decided to host an event at the campus student center to create awareness. We hoped to motivate action by passing out paper bags filled with information regarding hunger and a small snack. We took pictures to post on our various social media to spread the word, and came up with the hashtag fight fhi, or fight food and housing insecurity. The results of our initiative showed us that food insecurity is more common that we realized, and we can no longer stay quiet about this threat to public health.
Research Category
Social Science/Education/Public Health
Mentor #1 Information
Cindy Widuck, MPH
Start Date
5-4-2018 1:00 PM
Research Area
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Reducing Food and Housing Insecurity at Kent State
Public Health students in the Public Health Interventions I class at Kent State University took the initiative to understand the issue of housing insecurity and hunger at and around Kent State. We were surprised at the extent of the problem, and decided to host an event at the campus student center to create awareness. We hoped to motivate action by passing out paper bags filled with information regarding hunger and a small snack. We took pictures to post on our various social media pages to spread the word, and came up with the hashtag fight fhi, or fight food and housing insecurity. The results of our initiative showed us that food insecurity is more common that we realized, and we can no longer stay quiet about this threat to public health.