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

ACL funds “Innovations in Nutrition” (INNU) grants to support testing and documenting innovative and promising practices in state nutrition programs. The program aims to enhance the quality, effectiveness, and outcomes of senior nutrition programs and services.

Our Partners

who we are

We are a committed group of interdisciplinary faculty, staff, and students who are involved with research for NUEVA.

Meet our Team

what we do

The NUEVA project is leveraging community-engaged and mixed methods approaches to design, implement, and evaluate a multi-functional and multi-platform app for senior nutrition programs in Central Texas.

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NEWS

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Professor creates food delivery app to aid older adult population
by Carlota Pulgar · Nov 10, 2022 Read More about Professor creates food delivery app to aid older adult population

Food delivery app seeks to reduce food insecurity, social isolation for elderly
by Jayme Plaschke · Oct 20, 2022 Read More about Food delivery app seeks to reduce food insecurity, social isolation for elderly

Texas State developing app to help reduce food insecurity, isolation among the elderly
by Drew Knight · Oct 21, 2022 Read More about Texas State developing app to help reduce food insecurity, isolation among the elderly

NUEVA adds postdoctoral scholar to the team in Spring 2024

Dr. Samjhana Shakya joins NUEVA team

NUEVA is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Samjhana Shakya as a postdoctoral scholar. Dr. Shakya comes to us from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where she received her Ph.D. in Health Promotion and Prevention Research. She received her M.P.H. from the University of Kentucky.

EVENTS

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INNU 2023 Conference — INNU Conference 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS

HEALTH SCHOLAR SHOWCASE 2024: ALL OF US

NUEVA will present 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 in San Marcos, TX.

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.

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