On the episode of Systemic our host, Dan Kimbrough, sits down with Dr. Angela Odoms-Young, and Associate Professor, and Director of the Food and Nutrition Education in Communities Program, in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University
Her research explores social and structural determinants of dietary behaviors and diet-related diseases in low-income and Black/Latinx populations and centers on identifying culturally appropriate programs and policies that promote health equity, food justice, and community resilience. Dr. Odoms-Young has over 20 years’ experience partnering with communities to improve nutrition and health and 200+ academic publications, book chapters, and presentations.
We discuss food insecurity from a historical and wholistic standpoint, examining how many of the social determinants of health tie into systemic insecurities and barriers for many communities, not just those of color.
To reach Dr. Odoms-Young – odoms-young@cornell.edu
This episode of Systemic is sponsored by The Black Equity Coalition. The Black Equity Coalition is a group of experts from diverse fields working tirelessly to address institutional racism and structural impediments that continue to plague Black, undervalued, and underserved communities. Initially focused on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coalition has committed to working towards racial and health equity beyond the pandemic’s eventual end by engaging the disparities in the five social determinants of health for the underserved (Our necessary means of health and survival).
Through the collective efforts of physicians, researchers, epidemiologists, public health and health care practitioners, social scientists, community funders, and government officials, the Black Equity Coalition is dedicated to ensuring that vulnerable populations have access to health, well-being, and economic stability.
For more information, visit blackequitypgh.org
Asst. Editor – Brandon Carpenella