Tagged With "nutrition"

Mental health is a serious problem among the inmates in our country. According to the Vera Institute of Justice, a premier criminal justice research and advocacy non-profit, mental illness is one of the most significant problems facing women in prison today (Subramanian, 2016). In 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice found that 31% of incarcerated women have a serious mental illness, while only 15% of men report the same (James, 2006).

Summary A trauma-informed project in Palm Beach County, Florida, is proposed as a solution to the public health issue of healthy eating, specifically the consumption of the proper amounts of fruits and vegetables and adverse childhood experiences, which can lead to unhealthy food choices and morbidity issues. This nutritional program will take a proactive approach to assist the target group who have experienced childhood trauma and are at risk of engaging in behaviors that lead to poor food...