Impact Indicators for Community Garden Programs: Using Delphi Methods to Inform Program Development and Evaluation
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- New research on Life Science Research - Horticultural Science is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Gainesville, Florida, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “With growing interest in food system solutions to address poor health outcomes related to preventable chronic diseases, organizations and researchers are examining the value of community gardens as interventions to promote individual and community health. Research suggests that participation in community gardens improves access to fresh, healthy foods and increases fruit and vegetable consumption.”
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Florida, “In addition to these physical benefits, research also documents a variety of social and communal benefits, by expanding social capital, stabilizing neighbor-hoods, and cultivating relationships. Unfortunately, most of these studies focus on a specific case, cross case, or intervention studies within a geographically specific locale. Learning lessons from successful community garden programs can be difficult because community gardens often rely on the synergy of a complex network of support agencies that assist in various technical and educational capacities. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate the use of a framework for program development and evaluation that stakeholders, including extension, can adopt to show program outcomes. The framework used a Delphi approach with a diverse panel of community garden stakeholders to reach consensus about program outcomes.”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The study demonstrated that the panel could reach consensus on a variety of short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes.”
For more information on this research see: Impact Indicators for Community Garden Programs: Using Delphi Methods to Inform Program Development and Evaluation. Horttechnology , 2017;27(6):852-859. Horttechnology can be contacted at: Amer Soc Horticultural Science, 113 S West St, Ste 200, Alexandria, VA 22314-2851, USA.
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J. Diaz, University of Florida, Dept. of Agr Educ & Commun, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States. Additional authors for this research include S. Webb, L. Warner and P. Monoghan.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH03848-17. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-01-23), Reports Outline Horticultural Science Study Results from University of Florida (Impact Indicators for Community Garden Programs: Using Delphi Methods to Inform Program Development and Evaluation), Life Science Weekly, 3515, ISSN: 1552-2474, BUTTER® ID: 015029101
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