Christian Community Health Center

ObjectiveThe study examined participant experiences in a community-based Food is Medicine (FIM) program for pregnant women in Delaware, focusing on program structure, support services, health impacts, and perceived dignity and respect.MethodsUsing a qualitative design, 7 postpartum participants who completed the FIM pilot during pregnancy participated in semi-structured interviews that were transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis, generating five conceptual categories and 25 themes.ResultsParticipants described substantial benefits, including improved food security, healthier eating behaviors, and emotional well-being supported through Community Health Workers and Case Management. They valued the program’s respectful delivery, high food quality, convenient home delivery, and personalized dietary guidance. Reported challenges included limited program duration, restricted snack variety, and communication gaps related to goal-setting and resource navigation.ConclusionsFindings suggest that FIM programs tailored to pregnant women can have multidimensional effects that extend beyond nutrition to encompass economic stability, mental health, and access to social supports. The integration of Community Health Workers and participant-centered service delivery emerged as key strengths, underscoring the potential of FIM models to enhance perinatal health outcomes and equity.

The centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre demands a careful review of the impact of systemic racism on Christian communities. This study starts by looking at early Pentecostal interracialism in the USA. There is a striking difference between those churches that founded the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America (PFNA) and those who were not invited or even barred. The renewed ascendancy of white supremacy forces a review of black Pentecostal victims who suffered discrimination, violence, even death. Pentecostals who would extend Jim Crow laws into the heavenly realm need to revisit the founders’ emphasis on repentance, reform, and restitution.

The known ants of the state of Idaho comprise about 73 named species, subspecies and varieties. They occupy a wide variety of habitats ranging from dunes of pure sand, barren and wind-blown, to forests of yellow pine, fir and spruce, with an abundance of shade and moistuce. Because of the large amount of vegetation in the montane forests and subalpine pine meadows a large percentage of the ant fauna lives there, if not exclusively at least in very great numbers. It is, however, rather surprising to observe the large number of species which nest on the dry plains of sagebrush, bromegras and rabbitbrush, and on the scattered alkaline flats of greasewood in the southern part of the state.

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