STUDENT INFORMATION

Name

James Na

Telephone Number

510-717-6688

E-mail Address

jna@nevada.unr.edu

Field Studies Instructor

Lynn Short, RDH, MPH

LynnShort@unr.edu

INTERNSHIP INFORMATION

Organization Name

 Healthy Black Families

Address/ Location of Internship

3356 Adeline Street. Berkeley, CA  94703

Paid Internship (Y/N)?

No

Project Title

The Garden Box Project

Timeframe (Dates)

June 2020 - Aprill 2021

Preceptor Name

Suzette Chaumette

Preceptor Qualifications/Degree

MPH

Preceptor E-mail Address

ccsfbay@gmail.com

Preceptor Phone Number

510-735-6453

STUDENT GOAL STATEMENT

Write a comprehensive goal statement for the 200-hour internship experience.  This statement should be one or two sentences describing the outcomes the student expects upon completion of the internship.

By the end of The Garden Box Project, the student will conduct a needs assessment to include mapping of urban gardens and crops in the East Bay Area community and service demographics, resource needs of the community and recommendations for best practice.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN

Instructions: On the pages that follow, adapt the template based on your individual project and expand tables/text boxes, as needed.

Public Health Problem: In no more than two sentences identify the public health problem that your project is addressing. Use data to support the problem.

Objectives – Create SMART objectives related to your project.

Activities – List individual process activities and/or tasks related to achieving your objectives.

Anticipated Outcome – List the outcome(s) from successful completion of each activity.

Resources/Skills Needed – List resources/skills needed to complete each activity and/or task. Resources should include concrete items and/or supplies (phone, computer, incentives, markers). Skills should include academic knowledge needed to complete the task, if applicable (focus group facilitation, survey design, SAS knowledge, etc.).

Estimated Hours to Complete – Estimated the hours needed to complete each activity. Students must complete a minimum of 200 hours.

Anticipated Completion Date – List the anticipated deadline for the successful completion of each activity.

Public Health Problem:

For many urban dwelling residents, there is a lack of accessible fresh, organic and local food options. According to feedingamerica.org in 2018, the state of California, Alameda County community food bank measured a rate of 9.1% experiencing food insecurity, which roughly translates to over 150,000 residents.  This project seeks to gather data on current organic farms operating in the East Bay Area of Northern California and to determine how they serve the community and where gaps exist. 

INTERNSHIP OBJECTIVE 1 (ASSESSMENT): By August 31, 2020, investigate and perform literature analysis on organic urban gardens impacting residents of East Bay Counties in Northern California.

Activity

Anticipated Outcome

Resources/Skills Needed

Estimated Hours to Complete

Anticipated Completion Date

Project 1: Research and read evidence-based/peer reviewed journal articles related to urban gardens

Developing skill in conducting literature and increasing knowledge of current programs addressing food insecurity

PubMed, UNR Knowledge Center, Google Scholar

20

August 31

Mapping urban garden site for each bay area county

Conducting a landscape analysis

google maps, county and city maps

10

August 31

Identify demographics within East Bay region, including languages spoken other than English

Assist w/ cultural and linguistic competence

census data, computer/internet

6

August 31

Identify types of Urban gardens through the use of internet search, school districts, local ecology centers, and policies

Formative research for needs assessment

community stakeholders

10

August 31

Comparing and identifying Best Practices and model programs

Recommendations for needs assessment, knowledge of best practice.

google search and PubMed

10

August 31

INTERNSHIP OBJECTIVE 2 (PLANNING) By December 31, 2020, collect data on organic urban gardens and demographic density across the East Bay counties of Northern California

Activity

Anticipated Outcome

Resources/Skills Needed

Estimated Hours to Complete

Anticipated Completion Date

Meet with preceptor and list stakeholders to review possible urban gardening challenges

identify best practice to be implemented

conference call or meeting room

3

September 18

Schedule meeting with Urban garden managers/stakeholders

identify and understand available resources

conference call or meeting room

6

September 18

Meet with preceptor and stakeholders to discuss means for evaluating Urban garden programs

Formulate ideas for an evaluation tool

Zoom Meetings and Meeting Room

5

September 31

Schedule meeting with community urban gardens

identify and understand available resources, formative research for developing survey

conference call or meeting room

5

September 31

Schedule meeting with education urban gardens

identify and understand available resources, formative research for developing survey

conference call or meeting room

5

September 18

Draft survey to collect data from urban gardens (5-10 questions, qualitative and quantitative)

Draft questions to collect data on their services, challenges, and demographics,

Computer, Google Survey, Word

5

September 31

Get Stakeholder input on survey questions. Piloting survey and adjust survey based on input

feedback to assure culturally and linguistically competent survey

partner organization

15

October 20

Revise survey as needed, based on input and print

Final draft of survey for implementation

Computer/ phone/Google Survey/in- person

3

October 31

Cross section analysis with city residential data by counties (demographic data)

Map Analysis with retrospective data

City records

5

October 31

Develop a schedule to tour gardens.

Community engagement

Scheduling

10

December 31 and ongoing

Visit and tour gardens

Community engagement

Travel, observation, and  note taking

20

December 31 and ongoing

Interview while touring

gather qualitative data

phone / in person

20

December 31 and ongoing

Document demographic of active community members at each gardens

Appropriate number of members 

interview/ telephone

3

December 31

Send survey to visited garden sites

to determine needs assessment and develop quantitative data

survey monkey

5

December 31

Create outline of needs assessment: demographics, mapping analysis, service gaps, recommendations for addressing food insecurity

outlining needs assessment to be addressed in discussion/feedback

word

3

December 31

INTERNSHIP OBJECTIVE 3 (IMPLEMENTATION) By January 30, 2020, deliver urban garden needs assessment to stakeholders based on findings and comparison of best practices in East Bay counties of Northern California.

Activity

Anticipated Outcome

Resources/Skills Needed

Estimated Hours to Complete

Anticipated Completion Date

Assemble data and write the needs assessment document

outline gap analysis in the needs assessment and add demographic info

word

5

December 31

Meet with preceptor to review and revise needs assessment document

review needs assessment

zoom meeting

3

December 31

Disseminate urban garden needs assessment and provide recommendations for best practices

improve urban garden reach and equitable access

Zoom/ Presentation

10

January 30, 2021

INTERNSHIP OBJECTIVE 4 (EVALUATION): By February 28, 2021 evaluate the needs assessment with proven best practices of urban gardens in the East Bay counties of Northern California.

Activity

Anticipated Outcome

Resources/Skills Needed

Estimated Hours to Complete

Anticipated Completion Date

Solicit Feedback from stakeholders on needs assessment report and feasibility of recommendations

Feedback for improvements

zoom meeting / meeting

5

February 1, 2021

Meet and discuss feedback with preceptor

Feedback for improvements

zoom meeting / meeting

3

February 15, 2021

Revise final needs assessment report based on feedback

Revised needs assessment based on results of evaluation

computer, word

5

February 28, 2021

METHODS

Please select the anticipated methods to be utilized to successfully complete the internship. Check all that apply.

Data Collection Methods

Check if applicable

Data Analysis Methods

Check if applicable

Face to Face Interview

X

Excel

X

Self-Administered Survey

Epi Info

X

Electronic Survey

SAS

Key Informant Interview

X

SPSS

Focus Group

Stata

Other
(List in the discussion)

R

Not applicable
(Explain in the discussion)

GIS

X

Qualitative Data Analysis

X

Other
(List in the discussion)

Not applicable
(Explain in the discussion)

Assessment will be based on literature analysis and geographical locations of organic urban gardens in both educational and residential communities. Planning includes scheduling garden sites and communicating with site managers/organizers, performing interviews during visits, and identifying community services. The focus is on organic urban garden accessibility to the community and determine where gaps exist. Implement best practices will be determined from survey analysis collection among the East Bay counties of Northern California. Evaluation includes analyzing the gap between urban gardens and community access by using a qualitative face to face interview. In the event shelter in order is current, phone interview or e-survey documenting response. Data collected will be analyzed with guidance from preceptor. Revise to match your new work plan above.

INTERNSHIP PROJECT PRODUCTS /DELIVERABLES

1. Evaluation on gap analysis for each county

1. Final needs assessment report w/ recommendations to improve the accessibility of organic urban gardens

PUBLIC HEALTH COMPETENCIES

Each student will be addressing six competencies during their internship while completing their graduate-level project.  Competency 1 is a Foundational Competency already chosen for you. Competencies 2 through 5 will be chosen by you from the list of Foundational Competencies. For Competency 6, you must select one Public Health Practice Competency. Competencies 2 through 6 should be chosen based on the uniqueness of the graduate-level project.  For all six competencies, describe how each competency will be addressed and how the achievement of each competency will be measured while completing the graduate-level project.

Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content.

This competency will be achieved by the implementation objective, the needs assessment dissemination will focus on equitable access of urban gardens for communities of color who may be suffering from limited access to fresh local organic produce.

Mapping the urban gardens and services according to zip codes.  These will be matched against health data associated with these residential areas.

Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health

Quantitative data will be interpreted based on community demographics and accessibility of organic urban gardens in the planning and evaluation objectives of this project.

Intern will gather qualitative data and utilize literature analysis as part of the assessment and evaluation of the communities that organic urban gardens serve

Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes.

During the planning objective, the intern will address this competency by meeting and chatting through phone, video chat, and if permissible  in person discussion.

The intern will meet with and garner input from community stakeholders on the development

Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice

The implementation and evaluation stage will study and address the gap analysis on current organic urban gardens programs.

The intern will conduct in person/phone interviews using questions developed in the planning stage. The qualitative data collected will achieve this competency

Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors

Using demographic information of the county communication strategies will be addressed starting from the assessment stage.

During the assessment component, the intern will identify community needs and accessibility of organic urban gardens.

Explain the strategic planning processes and the relationship to budget formulation and sustainability planning

Intern will utilize literature reviews in the assessment objective to gain knowledge and develop interviews to address connecting with the communities and identify challenges of organic urban gardens.

The final needs assessment will result from the qualitative and quantitative data collected from both the quantitative and qualitative analysis to develop best practices of sustainable planning for urban gardens

SIGNATURES

DATE

Student

08/22/20

Preceptor

signature attached in file

7/23/20

Field Studies Instructor

signature attached in file

08/26/2020