The primary focus of this study was to understand food insecurity in the healthcare experience of adults in Over-the-Rhine, Ohio. Food insecurity is often a result of living in a food desert and highlights immeasurable inequality in healthy eating.The conditions that induce food insecurity are also explicitly linked to housing insecurity issues . After conducting […]
B02: “There’s No Place Like Home”: Substandard housing, economic instability, and mental health in Central Appalachia
I traveled to Central Appalachia with the Appalachia Service Project (ASP) to participate in immersive health experiences related to my global health minor. ASP is a large nonprofit organization run entirely by volunteers, and its mission is to provide home repairs and renovations for people living in substandard housing conditions. I volunteered with the organization […]