Research Rotation – Week 3 Journal

Dates of rotation: (Monday) September 25, 2017 – (Friday) September 29, 2017

Location: CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute

 Activities & Assignments:

• Finished supermarket rankings.
• Picked 2 community districts for field work
  • Came up with criteria for field work visit (number of registers, EBT/WIC accepted, near public transportation, cleanliness, variety, number of staff, delivery service, prices of certain food products such as whole what bread, pasta, milk, eggs, rice, cereal)
• Visited Inwood and Washington Heights Community District 112) for field work
  • Looked at stores and filled in criteria
  • Took pictures
• Visited East Harlem (Community District 111) for field work
  • Looked at stores and filled in criteria
  • Took pictures
  • 1 store was closed so rankings had to be updated
• Filled in spreadsheet file for field work
• Wrote notes for future Research Assistant
• Finalized Database Information and notes for research rotation

• NEMS Training (NUTRITION ENVIRONMENT MEASURES SURVEY)
  • To prepare for field work for the Communities for Healthy Food Program (Policy Rotation)

Comments / Thoughts / Challenges:

• Walking around at the stores looking for prices because some products did not have proper signs so I had to look for someone and ask for assistance.

 Learning Objectives Met:

CRDN 2.11: Show cultural competence/sensitivity in interactions with clients, colleagues and staff.

CRDN 4.7: Conduct feasibility studies for products, programs or services with consideration of costs and benefits.

Program Specific Competency 2: Compile and analyze data on nutrition and health, and use social and behavioral theories relevant to Public Health

Total Clock Hours: 40 hours