COMMUNITY NUTRITION IN ACTION 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.
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Preface. SECTION ONE: Community Nutritionists in Action: Working in the Community. 1. Opportunities in Community Nutrition. 2. Principles of Epidemiology. 3. Understanding and Achieving Behavior Change. 4. Community Needs Assessment. 5. Program Planning for Success. 6. The Art and Science of Policy Making. 7. A National Nutrition Agenda for the Public's Health. 8. Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: An Issue for Public Health Policy. 9. Health Care Systems and Policy. SECTION TWO: Community Nutritionists in Action: Delivering Programs. 10. Food Insecurity and the Food Assistance Programs. 11. Mothers and Infants: Nutrition Assessment, Services, and Programs. 12. Children and Adolescents: Nutrition Issues, Services, and Programs. 13. Healthy Aging: Nutrition Assessment, Services, and Programs. 14. Global Food and Nutrition Security: Challenges and Opportunities. SECTION THREE: Community Nutritionists in Action: Planning Nutrition Interventions. 15. Gaining Cultural Competence in Community Nutrition. 16. Principles of Nutrition Education. 17. Marketing Nutrition and Health Promotion. 18. Managing Community Nutrition Programs. 19. Building Grantsmanship Skills. Appendixes. References. Index.
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ISBN
9781305637993
Publisert
2016-05-03
Utgave
7. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Brooks/Cole
Vekt
1610 gr
Høyde
262 mm
Bredde
210 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
05, U
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
792

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Biographical note

Dr. Marie Boyle received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Southern Maine and her M.S. and Ph.D. in nutrition from Florida State University. She is author of PERSONAL NUTRITION and COMMUNITY NUTRITION IN ACTION. Dr. Boyle is a Professor in the Foods and Nutrition Department at Saint Elizabeth University in Morristown, New Jersey. She also teaches online graduate courses in applied nutrition at the University of New England in Portland, Maine. Her other professional activities include membership in the American Public Health Association, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, as well as serving as an author and reviewer for the latter two organizations. She coauthored the current position paper of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on Food and Nutrition Security in Developing Nations and serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition" from Taylor & Francis Publishers."