COMMUNITY NUTRITION IN ACTION, 6E, International 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.
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SECTION I: COMMUNITY NUTRITIONISTS IN ACTION: WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY. 1. Opportunities in Community Nutrition. ? 2. Assessing Community Resources. ? 3. Assessing the Target Population's Nutritional Status. ? 4. Program Planning for Success. 5. Principles of Epidemiology. ? 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 II: 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. World Hunger and Food Insecurity: Challenges and Opportunities. SECTION III: COMMUNITY NUTRITIONISTS IN ACTION: PLANNING NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS. ? 15. Understanding and Achieving Behavior Change. ? 16. Gaining Cultural Competence in Community Nutrition. ? 17. Principles of Nutrition Education. ? 18. Marketing Nutrition and Health Promotion. ? 19. Managing Community Nutrition Programs. ? 20. Building Grantsmanship Skills. ? Appendix A: Nutrition Assessment and Screening. ? Appendix B: Complementary Nutrition and Health Therapies. Appendix C: The SMOG Readability Formula.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781111989873
Publisert
2012-07-19
Utgave
6. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Brooks/Cole
Vekt
1410 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
206 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
792

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. She also serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition" from Taylor & Francis Publishers." Dr. David H. Holben is Associate Professor and Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics at Ohio University, Athens. He completed a BS in Dietetics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a dietetic internship at Detroit's Harper Hospital, an MA in Food Science and Nutrition/Food Service Management at Wayne State University, and both an MS and PhD in Human Nutrition from The Ohio State University. Dr. Holben studies food access of individuals and families, especially as it is related to health. He is the author of numerous scholarly works related to food security and hunger and co-author of COMMUNITY NUTRITION IN ACTION: AN ENTREPRENEURIAL APPROACH. Dr. Holben teaches courses in Community Nutrition, Introductory and Advanced Nutrition, Medical Nutrition Therapy, and Research Methods. He is active within the American Dietetic Association at the national, state, and local levels.