Strategies

Provide education, information, counseling, and support for breastfeeding to women throughout pre- and post-natal care

Establish partnerships between farmers and consumers in which consumers purchase a share of a farm’s products in advance

Provide outreach and support to assist those whose employers do not offer affordable coverage, who are self-employed, or who are unemployed

Increase healthy options in vending machines by reducing the price of healthy choices, increasing the number of healthy choices compared to unhealthy choices, etc.

Regulate mental health insurance to increase access to mental health services, including treatment for substance use disorders

Provide prescriptions with healthy eating goals for patients and families, often accompanied by progress checks at office visits; can include partnerships with local farmers markets via FVRx programs

Make water readily available in various settings via regular placement of drinking fountains, water coolers, bottled water in vending machines, etc.