Browsing by Author "Keo, Phalla"

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    Environmental Scan: Metro Regional Report
    (University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Family Development, 2012) Allen, Rose; Heins, Rosemary K; Hooper, Sue; Keo, Phalla; Phipps, Sharmyn; Rhodes, Felisha; Sheridan, Suzanne; Sherman, Shelley; Shurilla, Ali
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    Reaching Southeast Asian Families with a Healthy Nutrition Message
    (University of Minnesota Extension, 2013-10) Keo, Phalla; Sherman, Shelley
    Minnesota ranks high among states for the health and education of its people, but some of the largest disparities in the nation also exist here. Minority communities, such as the Southeast Asian community, show disproportionately greater rates of obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and other nutritionally related diseases. Extension’s Simply Good Eating (SGE) nutrition education program collaborated with a California program to adapt and pilot a curriculum titled Building Healthy Families, developed for the Hmong community. Building Healthy Families sparked the interest of local partner agencies. The curriculum was adapted in 2012, has the potential to bridge a gap and fill a need in these communities due to similar values and challenges. The adaptations have the twin goals of increasing healthy behaviors and reducing the risk of chronic diseases and obesity in these groups.
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    Understand How Participants Become Champions and Succeed in Adopting Healthy Lifestyles: A storytelling of a community health and nutrition program at a land-grant University
    (2016-01) Keo, Phalla
    The purpose of this study was to investigate and understand the experiences of participants who become champions and succeed in adopting healthy lifestyles. The setting was a health and nutrition educational program at University of Minnesota Extension. The main research questions were: How do participants in the Community Health Education Program become champions of the program and succeed in adopting healthy lifestyles? What can we learn about their success? A storytelling, narrative analysis design was conducted, including interviews with program participants in 10-13 person settings. This study is important as the organization strategically supports the outreach mission of the university. Findings included emergent themes which were organized into domains. Personal characteristics included being outgoing and passionate about what they do. The program learner domain describes their participation and engagement. This included learners’ attitudes and facilitators’ mindfulness that changes occur in small steps for learners. The program content domain discusses the content, including its connection to key nutrition messages based on the program implementation guidelines, the need to adapt content to fit culturally diverse learners’ backgrounds, and learners’ immediate needs and interests. The program context domain suggests that context matters, including how low income families face barriers to change that are multi layered. These barriers include but are not limited to financial, health, and social exclusion; this affects the health and well being of participants. Based on these findings, there are practical and theoretical implications for Human Resource Development (HRD). iv