Community Nutrition in Action An Entrepreneurial Approach

by Boyle, Marie A.; Holben, David H.

• ISBN13: 9780495559016
• ISBN10: 0495559016
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-15
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

COMMUNITY NUTRITION IN ACTION, FIFTH EDITION introduces the program planning, policies, resources, and nutrition issues specific to community nutrition and provides an understanding of creating and implementing nutrition programs from various constituencies (elderly populations, children, impoverished populations, college students, etc.). Successful practitioners in community nutrition have proven to have a mind and skill set that opens them up to new ideas and ventures. Incorporating an entrepreneurial approach, this book helps readers learn how to take risks, try new technologies, and use fresh approaches to improving the public's nutrition and health status. The book also delivers the core material important to those who will be active in solving community nutritional and health problems, including program delivery, nutrition education, nutrition assessment, and planning nutrition interventions.

Table of Contents

Opportunities in Community Nutrition

Assessing Community Resources

Assessing the Target Population's Nutritional Status

Program Planning for Success (Prof. Focus is Nutrition Care Process)

Principles of Epidemiology

The Art and Science of Policy Making

A National Nutrition Agenda for the Public's Health

Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: An Issue for Public Health Policy

Health Care Systems and Policy

Section Two Community Nutritionists in Action: Delivering Programs

Food Insecurity and the Food Assistance Programs

Mothers and Infants: Nutrition Assessment, Services, and Programs

Children and Adolescents: Nutrition Issues, Services, and Programs

Growing Older: Nutrition Assessment, Services, and Programs

World Hunger and Food Insecurity: Challenges and Opportunities

Section Three Community Nutritionists in Action: Guiding Nutrition Interventions

Understanding and Achieving Behavior Change

Gaining Cultural Competence in Community Nutrition

Principles of Nutrition Education

Marketing Nutrition and Health Promotion

Managing Community Nutrition Programs

Building Grantsmanship Skills

Appendixes

Nutrition Assessment and Screening

Complementary Nutrition and Health Therapies

The SMOG Readability Formula

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