Field Reports
Food as Medicine: Medically Tailored, Home-Delivered Meals Can Improve Health Outcomes for People with Critical and Chronic Disease
Daniel Cohn,
Emerson Fellow
Published 2013
Boston, Massachusetts
Food as Medicine: Medically Tailored, Home-Delivered Meals Can Improve Health Outcomes for People with Critical and Chronic Disease is a mixed-methods report examining the role of medically tailored meals on the health of people with critical and chronic disease from the perspective of the healthcare workers who referred them to Community Servings’ services. The report reviews public health literature of food as medicine, and documents the power of nutrition to promote public health and reduce healthcare costs.
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Publication tags: Field Reports - Chronic or Life Challenging Illness, Health, Nutrition and Hunger
Hailing from Northfield, Ohio, Dan graduated from the University of Rochester in 2012 with a degree in health, behavior & society. He interned with various local public health agencies and nonprofits where he worked on healthy food access, HIV/AIDS testing, syringe exchange, and childhood obesity prevention programs. He also conducted an evaluation of the food services program in Rochester City School District and presented his findings to community stakeholders. Dan received the Gallagher Koster Health Careers Scholarship in 2011 and his research on HIV/AIDS stigma and school food programs has been published in peer-reviewed journals.
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