BerryCare: A Community Engagement Program
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Peripheral Vascular Disease |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Cardiology / Vascular Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 55 - Any |
| Updated: | 2/8/2019 |
| Start Date: | January 18, 2017 |
| End Date: | May 15, 2019 |
BerryCare: A Blackberry Extension Lesson Series to Facilitate Community Engagement and Phytonutrient Intake
BerryCare teaches people about the health benefits of blackberries, how to harvest and
maintain blackberry bushes and then assesses changes in knowledge and behaviors associated
with blackberries and physical measurements.
maintain blackberry bushes and then assesses changes in knowledge and behaviors associated
with blackberries and physical measurements.
BerryCare seeks to teach seniors (55+) attending the Boyle County Senior Center how to grow
thornless, erect blackberry brambles and to healthily consume fresh blackberries using Plate
It Up Kentucky Proud recipes. Horticulture, nutrition, geriatric, and extension experts are
working together to design a blackberry-growing program that engages seniors and their
community in each step of the process, from planting to harvesting berries. The lessons will
be delivered by experts in their respective field, with accompanying extension publications
and supplemental materials provided for replication of the curriculum in other counties.
thornless, erect blackberry brambles and to healthily consume fresh blackberries using Plate
It Up Kentucky Proud recipes. Horticulture, nutrition, geriatric, and extension experts are
working together to design a blackberry-growing program that engages seniors and their
community in each step of the process, from planting to harvesting berries. The lessons will
be delivered by experts in their respective field, with accompanying extension publications
and supplemental materials provided for replication of the curriculum in other counties.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Greater than 55 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
- Physically incapacitated
- Mentally incapacitated
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