In the Press
The Food is Medicine movement is nation-wide. Find R4H’s contribution to the conversation in the news, webinars, presentations, publications, and research below.
For media requests, please contact Troy Espera at troy.Espera@acgov.org
In the News
In parts of California, a prescription will pay for your fresh fruits and veggies
Can an Urban Farm Run by Police Create Jobs, Feed People, and Build Trust?
Can Produce Prescription Programs Turn the Tide on Diet-Related Disease?
Report: Produce prescriptions, financial incentives help poor eat more fresh fruit and vegetables
Digging Deeper for Better Food Access and Better Health
Taking Alameda County’s ‘food pharmacy’ statewide: new bill
Alameda County Sheriffs Bet on Food’s Power to Elevate Communities
‘The Journey to Trust Is Long’
Webinars and Presentations
Alameda County Recipe4Health has participated in a variety of local, state, and national presentations and webinars. The links to the right feature the slides and/or recording from the webinar or presentation.
U.S. Health and Human Services Food is Medicine Summit: Investing to Scale a Lasting Food is Medicine System, Jan 31, 2024. Dr. Chen’s remarks at 1:50:12
2023 Food is Medicine National Summit: Transforming Healthcare. “Voices from the Field”, 4/26/23 Dr. Chen’s remarks at 2:01:02
Hunger 2 Health Collaboratory convening: Focus on the Social Drivers of Health: National Context and State-Based Models of Innovation, July 13, 2023. SDOH Screening and Intervening: Examples of Innovation from Selected States Dr. Chen’s remarks at 3:02
Urban Agriculture in California. Dr. Chen’s remarks at 35:00
Roundtable on Food as Medicine convened by Congressmember Barbara Lee and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra – February 24, 2023
House Rules Committee Roundtable on Food as Medicine – September 1, 2021
Medically Supportive Food and Nutrition Webinar – April 26, 2021
Mainstreaming Produce Prescriptions: A Policy Strategy Report – March 26, 2021
Healthy Food as Preventative Medicine: California and Beyond – February 16, 2021
Food as Medicine: Community Action Partnership Webinar – February 6, 2020
Publications and Reports
2023
- April 6, 2023 –
Addressing food insecurity and chronic conditions in community health centers: protocol of a quasi-experimental evaluation of Recipe4Health. BMJ Open 2023
- January 31st 2023 – Harvard Law Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation Case Studies released new case studies highlighting current efforts in California to expand access to and coverage of nutrition interventions and other social services for Medicaid enrollees. The case study series documents operational and logistical hurdles and bolsters efforts to integrate nutrition interventions and other health-related social needs into Medicaid services nationwide. One such case studied featured Alameda County Recipe4Health and their partnership with Alameda Alliance. For further information on the case study click here: WPC-Case-Study-R4H-and-AA-Final-Design If you would like to see the other case studies click here: Harvard Health Law Lab Case Studies
2022
- ALL IN Alameda County In Solidarity We Feed Our Community – Collaborative Report 2022 and February 9, 2022 Webinar
2021
- ALL IN Alameda County ALL IN Alameda County 2021-2024 Strategic Plan and ALL IN Strategic Plan Executive Summary
- ALL IN Recipe4Health featured in CHLPI’s Mainstreaming Produce Prescriptions Policy Strategy Report
- ALL IN Recipe4Health featured in SPUR’s Integrating Food Into Health Care Policy Report
- ALL IN Alameda County Healthy Food Champion’s Brochure
- ALL IN Alameda County Healthy Food Champion’s Toolkit
- ALL IN Alameda County All In HFHF Policy Lab Tool Kit by InAdvance
- ALL IN Alameda County All HFHF Policy Lab Analysis by InAdvance
2020
2019
- Group Medical Visits 2.0: The Open Source Wellness Behavioral Pharmacy Model Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine article on Hayward Wellness Center’s food and behavioral pharmacy model.
- Rooting Food as Medicine in Healthcare Toolkit (12.0 MB)