Barriers and facilitators of implementing a community workshop series to mitigate maternal-child food insecurity: a mixed-methods RE-AIM evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-led workshops offer promising health education models to advance maternal-child health equity by providing culturally congruent spaces for information sharing, resource access, and social support building. This study aimed to (1) document the participatory co-creation of a Community Workshop Series with topics across the Nurturing Care Framework domains (health, nutrition, early learning, security/safety, responsive caregiving) to mitigate maternal-child food insecurity, (2) evaluate CWS effectiveness in increasing participants' knowledge across the Nurturing Care Framework, and (3) identify CWS implementation barriers and facilitators.

Methods

The study employed two-phases: Phase One engaged members of a Community Advisory Board in participatory researc

SUBMITTER: Herlosky K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12505745 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature