Ten Great Public Health Achievements of the 21st Century http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/tengpha.htm

The Giessen Declaration

Dimensions, Domains and Principals of the New Nutrition Science

The Functions of Public Health & Nutrition

NCHS:  Nutrition Monitoring Directory: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/nutrishn/nutrishn.htm

National data sets useful in food and nutrition assistance research http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/FoodNutritionAssistance/data/

Washington State Health Data

The Health of Washington State:  http://www.doh.wa.gov/hws/

USDA, "Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century," Nutrition Chapter

Food Assistance Landscape

Washington State DOH Policy Map

Nutrition and Physical Activity Legislation for 2007

Nutrition and Physical Activity Policy Resource Guide

Mensah et al. Law as a Tool for Preventing Chronic Diseases: Expanding the Spectrum of Effective Public Health Strategies

Disparities, Inequities and Social Determinants of Nutritional Health

Addressing Disparities and Inequities in Nutrition and Physical Activity in Washington State

Epidemiologist, Washington State Department of Health

Reaching for a Healthier Life: Facts on Socioeconomic Status and Health in the U.S.
Nancy Adler (director) and Judith Stewart (network administrator)   with Sheldon Cohen, Mark Cullen, Ana Diez Roux, William Dow, Gary Evans, Ichiro Kawachi, Michael Marmot, Karen Matthews, Bruce McEwen, Joseph Schwartz, Teresa Seeman and David Williams.  Socioeconomic Status and Health, 2007-12-17
 

World Health Organization.  A Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social Determinants
of Health
 

Krieger N, Chen JT, Waterman PD, Rehkopf DH, Subramanian SV. Painting a truer picture of US socioeconomic and racial/ethnic health inequalities: The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project. Am J
Public Health 2005; 95: 312-323.

 

Food Insecurity

Position of the American Dietetic Association: Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States.  J Am Diet Assoc. 2006. March.  106(3):325-484.
 

Mikkelsen L. Sweet Charity?  Emergency Food and the end of Entitlement.  Prevention Institute.

Frontline Issues in Nutrition Assistance

Food Security - It Takes a Community: 

Food Security in the United States, 2006

What Factors Account for State-to-State Differences in Food Security?

The Role of Race and Poverty in Access to Foods that Enable Individuals to Adhere to Dietary Guidelines

Discussion Guide

Program Planning for Community Nutrition

The School Health Index as an Impetus for Change .Preventing Chronic Disease: January 2005: 04_0076

Community Nutrition Assessment in Washington State:  http://depts.washington.edu/commnutr/home

Promoting Health:  Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research:   http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9939.html

RE-AIM

Healthy Cities:  http://www.healthycities.org/overview.html

How to "Nimble-ize" a Collaboration

Discussion Guide

Everything you wanted to know about logic models but were afraid to ask: http://www.insites.org/documents/logmod.htm

Enhancing Program Performance with Logic Models: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/lmcourse/#

 Evaluation

Shadish WR.  The Common Threads in Program Evaluation

Martin SL, Heath GW.  A Six-Step Model for Evaluation of Community-based Physical Activity Programs

Systems, Programs and Infrastructure for Public Health Nutrition

Dietary Reference Intakes
2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
MyPyramid
My Pyramid for Kids

MyPyramid USDA's New Food Guidance System: PowerPoint Presentation:  http://www.mypyramid.gov/downloads/MyPyramid%20Peer%20to%20Peer.ppt

Johnson, CS.  Uncle Sam's Diet Sensation: MyPyramid – An Overview and Commentary:  http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1681673

 Developing the Consumer Interface for the MyPyramid Food Guidance System:
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/MyPyramid/DevelopmentMaterials/JNEBsupplement/JNEBConsumerInterface.pdf

 Food Pyramids:  What should you really eat?  Harvard School of Public Health:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/pyramids.html

'MyPyramid for Kids' a Kid-Friendly Flop, Says CSPI:
http://www.cspinet.org/new/200509281.html

Making MyPyramid for Kids a Successful Tool in Nutrition Education.  J Am Diet Assoc. 106(5).  637-768.

 Discussion Guide

Communications Specialist, Washington State Department of Health

Amy Ellings, MPH, RD

Nutritionist Washington State Department of Health

Communication Tools for Public Health in Washington: http://www.doh.wa.gov/PHIP/communications/tools/

Communicating Public Value and Performance: A Toolkit for State Agencies
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/governorlocke/improve/quality/tools/toolkit.htm

Center for Risk Communication: http://www.centerforriskcommunication.com/

Cross Cultural Health Care Program: http://www.xculture.org/index.cfm

Healthy People 2010, Objective 11: Health Communication
http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/volume1/11HealthCom.htm#_edn54

Nutrition Policy Development

Shelley Curtis, MPH, RD

Preventing Chronic Disease: Patterns of Childhood Obesity Prevention Legislation  in the US: 
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/jul/06_0082.htm

Prevention Institute, The Spectrum of Prevention
http://www.preventioninstitute.org/spectrum_injury.html

Local farms - Healthy kids bill

Local farms - Healthy kids bill report
 

Manager, Washington State Diabetes, Cardiovascular Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs

Health Policy Coach
 http://www.healthpolicycoach.org/default.asp

McGinnis et al.  The Case for More Active Policy Attention to Health Promotion.  Health Affairs. Mar/Apr 2002.
 

Nestle M.  Toward More Healthful Dietary Patterns - A Matter of Policy.  . Public Health Reports.  1998.