Southwest Harvest for Health: Adapting a mentored vegetable gardening intervention for cancer survivors in the southwest.

ABSTRACT: Few diet and physical activity evidence-based interventions have been routinely used in community settings to achieve population health outcomes. Adapting interventions to fit the implementation context is important to achieve the desired results. Harvest for Health is a home-based vegetable gardening intervention that pairs cancer survivors with certified Master Gardeners from the Cooperative Extension Service with the ultimate goal of increasing vegetable consumption and physical activity, and improving physical functioning and health-related quality-of-life. Harvest for Health has potential for widespread dissemination since Master Gardener Programs exist throughout the United States. However, state- and population-specific adaptations may be needed to improve intervention adoption by o

SUBMITTER: Blair CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7896154 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature