The Making of an Interdisciplinary Partnership: The Case of the Chicago Food System Collaborative |
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Authors: | Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar Maureen Hellwig Joanne Kouba LaDonna Redmond Louise Martinez Daniel Block Claire Kohrman William Peterman |
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Affiliation: | (1) College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 West Taylor, MC 811, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;(2) PRAG, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;(3) Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;(4) Institute for Community Resource Development, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;(5) University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;(6) Chicago State University, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;(7) Westside Health Authority, Chicago, USA |
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Abstract: | Interdisciplinary partnerships foster innovation to address pressing social problems. This paper describes an interdisciplinary partnership called the Chicago Food System Collaborative (CFSC) composed of a team of partners from four academic institutions and three community-based organizations representing a total of eight disciplines that included: community development and community organizing, community psychology, geography, nursing, nutrition, public health, sociology, and urban planning and policy. Partners came together to address the issue of access to healthy foods and nutrition in a working class African American neighborhood. We analyze and discuss the core principles that guided the partnership and its impact across three dimensions: understanding through interdisciplinary action research, building capacity, and facilitating innovations in practices and policies. Despite the challenges of interdisciplinary partnerships, the potential benefits and impact of such efforts reflect their value as a comprehensive approach to addressing complex social problems. |
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Keywords: | Food access Community-based research University-community partnerships Interdisciplinary |
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