The Rural Health and Nutrition team has been hard at work. In reviewing their programmatic impact they found their direct and indirect program participation (number of direct and indirect contacts) have gone up an average of 195% since March.
They have converted six traditional, face-to-face programs to virtual, online programs including the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Programs for both adults and youth. Their chronic disease prevention and management programs like the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Health Extension for Diabetes Program are now available online as well. People can register for our online offerings by going to the Rural Health and Nutrition Extension Program Team website.
WalkSC was offered virtually and brought in over 600 people through their online platform. Another transition the Rural Health and Nutrition team made was to online health extension for diabetes. This resulted in recruiting an entire year’s worth of participants in three months! The Diabetes Prevention Program is regulated by the CDC and could not be offered virtually, so the agents have been doing health coaching calls until they are able to resume face-to-face classes.
Submitted by: Dr. Michelle Parisi, Program Team Director for Rural Health and Nutrition
