Nutrition for Underserved Elders Via Application (NUEVA)
GOALS
The goal of the NUEVA team is to evaluate and sustain a scalable, non-traditional, multi-platform food delivery application by using community-engaged and mixed methods research to increase capacity for senior nutrition through digital health intervention, assessment, and evaluation that improves food and nutrition security, loneliness and socialization, and health and mental health status of underserved older adult populations while also reducing food loss and waste. This project is an extension of promising practices that emerged during COVID-19.
WHY WE ARE HERE
who we are
what we do
NEWS
LATEST NEWS
NUEVA Team Attends Senior Design Day at Ingram School of Engineering
December 6, 2024 - Students working with Dr. Eduardo Perez earned the distinction of best project for Industrial Engineering at Texas State's annual Senior Design Day in the Ingram School of Engineering. The ultimate goal of this project is to optimize the operational processes at Meals on Wheels Central Texas by identifying bottlenecks and streamline operations through process mapping, improving customer service through call volume reduction, and thoroughly analyzing the processes to identify areas for Improvement within the organization. Using Industrial Engineering methodologies to successfully optimize the processes, we strive to ensure the organization's longstanding commitment to serving the community is upheld. You can learn more about the project at https://www.engineering.txst.edu/senior-design/sdd-fall-2024/i2-02.html
NUEVA publishes first paper
September 10, 2024 - NUEVA contributors Dr. Sangchul Hwang, Dr. Cassandra M. Johnson, Dr. Joni Charles and Dr. Lesli Biediger-Friedman authored a scoping review titled, “Food Delivery Apps and Their Potential to Address Food Insecurity in Older Adults: A Review” in the Special Issue New Advances in Health of Older Adults in September 2024. A link to the paper can be found under Published Journal Articles in the What We Do section of this website.
NEWS STORIES ABOUT NUEVA
EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
NUEVA presentation at the 2024 Joint Meeting of AGX and SWAAG
The AGX Board was pleased to have the Applied Geography community join them in San Marcos, Texas from October 6-8, 2024 for a joint meeting with the Southwest Division of the American Association of Geographers.
Dr. Johnson presents for Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Dr. Cassandra Johnson presented at the quarterly meeting of The Regional Transit Coordination Committee (RTCC) on September 10, 2024 and December 3, 2024 in Austin, Texas. The RTCC provides coordination support for transportation organizations, health and human service agencies, and other transit providers.
Dr. Biediger-Friedman speaks at USAging 2024 in Tampa, Florida.
Dr. Lesli Biediger-Friedman was a speaker at the USAging Answers on Aging Annual Conference and Tradeshow in Tampa, Florida. The conference took place July 8-11. The USAging Conference has a rich history of providing peer-to-peer learning, insight into federal policy and national trends that affect local communities, and tremendous opportunities for learning. The more than 100 sessions held during the four-day Conference offer a variety of ways to learn about and discuss innovative approaches, hot topics, current issues in aging, replicable programs, new opportunities for procuring sustainable funding streams and more.
Dr. Johnson presents collaborative research study at ISNBPA 2024
NUEVA Investigators highlighted in a poster entitled, “A socioeconomic disadvantage index for informing policy, systems, and environmental change interventions for senior nutrition programs” on May 22, 2024 during the socioeconomic inequalities poster session.
Dr. Biediger-Friedman speaks at INNU Summit 2024
Dr. Lesli Biediger-Friedman was a speaker at the 2024 Innovations in Nutrition Synergy Summit: Bridging Ideas and Innovation organized by the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She discussed challenges faced during the development and testing of the NUEVA app and how those challenges were addressed. The conference was held May 15-16, 2024.
Health Scholar Showcase 2024: All of Us
NUEVA presented a poster at the THRC Health Scholar Showcase 2024: All of Us on Friday, March 1, 2024 at University Performing Arts Center on the campus of Texas State University. The Health Scholar Showcase is an annual event hosted by Texas State University's Translational Health Research Center. The showcase, which is the largest unversity-wide faculty research event at Texas State, brings together faculty, staff, and community members to share examples of health research from every college and research center.
ISBNPA 2024
POLICY SPOTLIGHT
WEBINAR SPOTLIGHT
National Academies
The Food Forum hosted a webinar, Optimizing Health with Age: What is Nutrition’s Role?, on November 20, 2024, from 9 AM – 12 PM EDT. The webinar explored what “optimum” health looks like and age-related health changes, such as immunity, muscle decline, and cognitive decline. The webinar also covered age-related changes in nutrient needs and ways to achieve food and nutrition access for older adults. The webinar concluded with discussion on age-related nutritional barriers and opportunities.
