Bulletins - Food4Change Caribbean

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Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM FINAL (FaN) Bulletin – March – June 2022

- Final Remarks
- Closure Activities: SKN & SVG
  - Debrief Sessions
  - HFLE Validation Sessions
  - Public Exhibitions
- Close Out Event: Jamaica
  - Trans-fat symposium
  - Public Exhibition

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – January – February 2022

- Welcome Message
- Research
- Interventions
  - Production, Manufacturing & Processing
    - Women’s Farmers Academy
    - 15 Small Grants
  - Distribution – Nutrient Cost Analysis Programme
  - Consumption
    - Marketable Meals Competition
    - Health Education
- FaN Project Team Spotlight
  - Book Publications

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – October – December 2021

- Welcome Message
- Interventions
  - F4CC Story Writing Competition Stage 2 – Script Writing (supporting Health & Family Life Education curriculum)
  - Marketable Meals Competition
  - Helen’s Daughters & Women’s Farmers Academy (WFA)
  - Creating Faith-based Community Spaces for Healthy Food Patterns
  - Project Legacy Website & Regional Project Map
- FaN Project Team Spotlight
  - We are delighted to announce the recent appointment of P.I. Prof. Alafia Samuels to the World Health Organization’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (STAG-NCD).
- Community Spotlight
  - The FaN project’s Qualitative Research Lead, Dr. Madhuvanti Murphy, had the opportunity to meet and discuss health and wellness with Julie Hooper McNeel, Director of Community and Outreach for Slow Food Barbados

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – August/September 2021

Webinars
- Shifting to Sustainable, Healthy Diets
- FaN Country Webinars
Research
- FaN PAHO Supplement on Food and Nutrition in the Caribbean
Interventions
- Official Launch of the Women’s Farmers Academy
- Official Launch of the Food4ChangeCaribbean Story Writing Competition
- Creating Community Spaces for Healthy Food Patterns
- Promotion
FaN Project Team Spotlight
- On July 25th Professor Alafia Samuels joined a panel of distinguished public health specialists as part of the Jamaica Observer’s Your Health Your Wealth series.

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – June/July 2021

Research
- FaN Country Team Update and Revitalization Webinar Series- Launch of the SKN Country Team Webinar Series
Interventions
- Food 4 Change Caribbean (F4CC) Grocery Grab Competition
- Trans Fats in Jamaica’s food supply
- Front of package labelling
FaN Project Team Spotlight
- Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) 65th Annual Health Research Conference: Nutrition: Food Security was chaired by Prof. Alafia Samuels, and included 2 FaN research outputs by Dr. Madhuvanti Murphy & Mr. Samuel Gabriel
- Virtual Presentations
  - Prof. Alafia Samuels (FaN Principal Investigator) – Obesity policy recommendation for the Caribbean
  - Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) – Our Food, Our Health, Our People Accelerating Healthy Food Policies to Tackle NCDs: Mr. David Neilands, Steering and Working Group Committee Member, recently moderated an HCC panel discussion

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – April/May 2021

Ongoing activities
- Communities: 15 Merit and Needs-Based Grant Projects to Improve Livelihoods Among Vulnerable Groups in Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
The FaN Community Spotlight – Recently FaN had the opportunity to interview, 20 year old Zachary Moore, youth advocate
FaN Project Team Spotlight
- Academic Publication – Ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption in Barbados: evidence from a nationally representative, cross-sectional study
- Virtual Presentations
  - Prof. Alafia Samuels (FaN Principal Investigator) – Obesity policy recommendation for the Caribbean
  - Mr. David Neilands (Steering and Working Group Member) – Combatting obesity through food security interventions

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – February/March 2021

Interventions
- Project Sustainability
- Schools: Story Writing Competition for Health & Family Life Education curriculum
- Communities: Helen’s Daughters & the Women Farmers Agricultural Academy
- Planned Activities with faith-based organizations
- Communities: Creating Spaces for Healthy Eating
Ongoing activities
- Communities: 15 Small Grant Projects to Improve Livelihoods Among Vulnerable Groups in Jamaica, SKN, SVG
- Communities: Marketable Meals Competition
FaN Project Team Spotlight: University Student Life and Learning – Challenges for Change” edited by FaN’s Research Lead, Professor Fitzroy Henry

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – January 2021

Research
- Caribbean Child Research Conference
  - Healthy Eating and Active Living in Schools- Challenges and Interventions (Prof. Samuels)
  - Children nowadays doh eat dem tings! Understanding food consumption in the Caribbean (Dr. Murphy)
  - Gender, Food and Nutrition Children’s Right to Health (Dr. Dunn)
  - The Impact of COVID-19 on Household Food Security in the Caribbean (Prof. Henry)
FaN Project Team Spotlight: Dr. Waneisha Jones the FaN project’s first Project Manager

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – November 2020

Research
- Jamaica Food Consumption Survey
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Household Food Security in the Caribbean
Interventions
- Schools
- Communities
- Farmers Academy
FaN Project Team Spotlight: This month we congratulate Dr. Arlette Saint Ville

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – July & August 2019

Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) Steering Committee Meeting 13 Aug 2019 – Revising Primary Schools Curriculum
FaN Launches the Upgrade Of Laboratories To Perform Tests On Sugar, Salt And Fat 27 Aug 2019 (Labs Upgraded to Analyse Sugar, Salt and Fat in Food Products)

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – May & June 2019

FaN Congratulates Principal Investigator, Samuels and Research Lead, Dunn
Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) Curriculum Revision Workshop, Bridgetown, Barbados, 28-30 May 2019
CXC Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC) Integrated Science Panel Meeting Bridgetown, Barbados, 13-17 May 2019
Launch of POSDEVAL Revista Supplement, 20 June 2019, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad and more….

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – March & April 2019

During March and April, the FaN project carried out the following:

FaN Partners with The Jamaica Ministry Of Health Jamaica Moves Initiative, 26 March 2019
Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) Curriculum Revision Workshops, Bridgetown, Barbados, 26-28 March & 2-4 April 2019

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – January & February 2019

During January and February, the FaN project held two (2) meetings:

Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) Curriculum Revision Steering Committee Meeting, Bridgetown, Barbados, 22 January 2019
FaN Project Advisory Committee Meeting, Bridgetown, Barbados, 24 January 2019

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – November 2018

During the month of November, the FaN project conducted three (3) workshops:

a one-day focus group in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)
one-day Farm-to-Fork project follow-up in St. Kitts and Nevis (SKN) and
the joint SKN and SVG Group Model Building Workshop

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – October 2018

During the month of October, the FaN project has completed various project milestones including:

Fifteenth Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) Bridgetown, Barbados, 8-12 October 2018
CXC CCSLC Integrated Science Review Meeting Bridgetown, Barbados, 17-19 October 2018
Group Model Building Workshop Kingston, Jamaica, 23-24 October 2018

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – September 2018

Including:

Project Set-up
Objective 2: Qualitative Data Collection
Objective 3: Farm to Fork follow-up
Objective 3: Interventions
Objective 4: Building Capacity
Objective 4: Dissemination

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – August 2018

Including:

Project Set-up
Objective 2: Qualitative Data Collection
Objective 2: Model Building Workshops
Objective 3: Farm to Fork follow-up
Objective 3: Interventions
Objective 4: MPH Scholarship
Objective 4: Dissemination

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – July 2018

Including:

Technical Reports to the Canadian IDRC
Project Set-up
Objective 2: Qualitative Interviews
Objective 3: CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards & Quality (CROSQ)
Objective 4: Dissemination

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – June 2018

Including:

Project Set-up
Objective 2: Qualitative Data Collection
Objective 4: Dissemination
Objective 4: Building Capacity

The radio interview featured in the bulletin can be seen here.

Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM (FaN) Bulletin – May 2018

Including:

Inception Workshop: 21 – 22 March 2018
Advertisement of 2 MPH Scholarships
CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards & Quality (CROSQ) Meeting: 4 May 2018