FoodNOW Nova Scotia

The FoodNOW Questionnaire is now available on CATIE's Sage Collection, a space for HIV and hepatitis C organizations and service providers in Canada to share their digital resources!
The questionnaire was developed in collaboration with community partners, service organizations and academics of various fields of study (i.e., Dietetics, Nursing, Anthropology, 2SLGBTQ+ Health), with the purpose of learning more about the lived experiences of people living with HIV or AIDS with food and nutrition programs in NS.

The Food to eNhance Our Wellness Questionnaire | SAGE Voir ceci en français The Food to eNhance Our Wellness (FoodNOW) Questionnaire was developed in collaboration with community partners, service organizations and academics of various fields of study (i.e., Dietetics, Nursing, Anthropology, 2SLGBTQ+ Health). The purpose of this questionnaire was to l...

We are excited to announce that our open-access article "Exploring current nutritional programming and resources available to people living with HIV in Canada: a scoping review" has been published in JBI Evidence Synthesis (Vol. 21, No. 10, October 2023).

Exploring current nutritional programming and resources... : JBI Evidence Synthesis ional needs assessment of people living with HIV in Nova Scotia, Canada. Introduction: People living with HIV may experience nutritional challenges, including nutritional deficiencies associated with the virus, food insecurity, and nutrition-drug interactions. Nutritional programming is often requir...

The FoodNOW Project has now come to an end...
We are currently working hard to publish the results from the FoodNOW Questionnaire (the last study in our research project). Please visit www.msvu.ca/foodnow to read more information and email [email protected] with any questions or inquiries!

Did you know? FoodNOW’s co-principal investigator Dr. Shannan Grant presented our project’s findings at the Knowledge Translation Canada Scientific Meeting in May 2023. Want to learn more? Read the conference poster that is now available through CATIE's Sage Collection!

Nutrition and Foods Programs Available to People Living with HIV or AIDS in Nova Scotia Need MORE from us NOW: FoodNOW End-of-Grant Needs Assessment Summary | SAGE Voir ceci en français This poster was presented by Dr. Shannan Grant on May 11th, 2023 as part of the Equitable and Ethical Implementation Science Research working group at the Knowledge Translation Canada Scientific Meeting (2023). The poster provides a summary of the background, objectives, metho...

Check out this link to read the infographic of results from the FoodNOW project, now available through CATIE's Sage Collection!
https://sagecollection.ca/resource/food-and-nutrition-programs-for-people-living-with-hiv-findings-from-a-community-informed-needs-assessment/

Last Chance! The FoodNOW Questionnaire is closing Friday, July 28th at midnight!

We're inviting people living with HIV or AIDS to share their needs and experiences with food and nutrition programming in Nova Scotia, through our online questionnaire.

All participants who complete the questionnaire will receive $29 and will be entered to win one of three cash prizes (1st raffle draw prize is $300, 2nd raffle draw prize is $250, and 3rd raffle draw prize is $200).

Participants must meet all of the following criteria:
1. A person living with HIV or AIDS,
2. Over the age of majority (19 or older),
3. Currently live in, or were born in Nova Scotia,
4. English speaking

Questionnaire link: https://surveys.msvu.ca/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=781824&lang=en

If you or any participants have any questions, please reach out to [email protected]

To learn more about FoodNOW, please visit: msvu.ca/foodnow

We are happy to announce the official re-launch of the FoodNOW Questionnaire! We're inviting people living with HIV or AIDS to share their needs and experiences with food and nutrition programming in Nova Scotia, through our online questionnaire.

All participants who complete the questionnaire will receive $29 and will be entered to win one of three cash prizes (first raffle draw winner $300, second raffle draw winner $250, third raffle draw winner $200).

Participants must meet all of the following criteria:
1. A person living with HIV or AIDS
2. Over the age of majority (19 or older)
3. Currently live in, or were born in Nova Scotia
4. English speaking

The questionnaire will be live until July 28, 2023. If you or any participants have any questions, please reach out to [email protected]

Questionnaire link: https://surveys.msvu.ca/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=781824&lang=en

To learn more about FoodNOW, please visit: msvu.ca/foodnow

In June, FoodNOW received an internal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Explore grant. With this grant, we will be re-launching the FoodNOW Questionnaire!
Keep an eye out for more information on how you can participate in this research!

Use the below link to register for The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act workshop offered by FoodNOW partner Healing Our Nations

Click here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_EDKRws-cTimgEQEGXJ73-A

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It has been a busy few months at FoodNOW. We are proud to share that two more of our articles are now available Open Access! Click on the links below to check them out:

"Exploring Food and Nutrition Programming for People Living With HIV/AIDS: Interviews With Service Providers in Nova Scotia, Canada" https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399231160758

"Disciplined appetites: Reimagining food and nutrition programs for people living with HIV and AIDS" https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12806

FoodNOW is funded by the New Health Investigators Grant (2021-2023) awarded to Dr. Phillip Joy in 2021 by Research Nova Scotia

Disciplined appetites: Reimagining food and nutrition programs for people living with HIV and AIDS Aims Medical nutrition therapy is recommended for people living with HIV/AIDS to improve health and wellness; however, there is a lack of food and nutrition programs for people living with HIV/AIDS ...

Thanks to all who attended our KT Meeting today! We are also thrilled to share that our manuscript based on our Virtual Food Costing activity is now available open access: https://dcjournal.ca/doi/full/10.3148/cjdpr-2022-037

FoodNOW is funded by Research Nova Scotia