Table 2.

Overview of HEP workshop curriculum

Major topic	Topics/Activities	Time
Food and health	Topics: Neighborhoods and health disparities; preventable health problems, obesity/diabetes; nutrients, calories, food groups; distinguishing healthy and unhealthy foods; portion sizes; role of government in what people eat; international variation in what people eat; why people eat what they eat.	2 sessions, 7 h total
	Activities: Drawing a well-balanced meal; demonstration of amount of sugar in soda; competitive game testing group obesity and diabetes learning; video about neighborhood concentration of preventable illness; graphing rates of illness and health indicators of community compared to other areas, understanding nutrition labels; conducting a demonstration community food assessment.
Media and communication	Topics: Food industry advertising; how media influences our knowledge and opinions; communications basics (market, messages, messenger, medium, materials).	1 session, 3 h total
	Activities: Competitive group quiz about food advertising; video on unhealthy food marketing to kids; comparing coverage of trans fats on different television networks; viewing and discussion of fast food commercials; analyzing communication strategies of health promotion videos; creating a message to reduce consumption of unhealthy foods.
Community food assessments	Topics: What a community food assessment (CFA) is; research methodology; interviewing; how to design and collect data for a CFA.	2 sessions, 5 h total
	Activities: Q&A with past participants about their CFAs; food outbreak investigation game; CFA project idea brainstorm; interview role playing; choosing a research question; data collection role playing.