| Date |
Topic |
Guests & Student
Responsibilities |
Reading |
| 1/3 |
Introduction to
Public Health Nutrition |
|
Ten Great Public Health Achievements of the 21st
Century
Essential public health services
Prevention for a Healthier America
The good of the whole
vs. the freedom of the individual |
| 1/5 |
Systems Thinking
for Public Health Nutrition |
Student Facilitated Discussion
Discussion
Guide 1 |
Systems Thinking to Improve the Public's Health
Healthy People 2020 Framework
Creating Healthy Food and Eating Environments: Policy and Environmental
Approaches |
A Framework for Public Health
Nutrition
|
| 1/10 |
Assessing Nutritional
Health in Populations & Determinants of Nutritional Health |
Student Facilitated Discussion
Discussion
Guide 2 |
National data sets useful in food and nutrition assistance research
http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/FoodNutritionAssistance/data/
For Discussion Guide:
General Resources:
Washington State Health Data
King
County Health Data
The Health of Washington State:
http://www.doh.wa.gov/hws/
Individual Level Indicators of Population Health:
National Behavior Risk Factor
Surveillance System
National Youth Risk
Behavior Surveillance System
Washington State Behavior Risk
Factor Surveillance System Data
Washington
Healthy Youth Survey
National
Immunization Survey Breastfeeding Data
Food Security Data
Policy Data:
School Health Policies & Practices Survey
Maternity
Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) |
| 1/12 |
Assuring
Nutritional Health
|
Student Facilitated Discussion
Discussion Guide 3 |
The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century
For the Public’s Health: The Role of Measurement in
Action and Accountability
Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?
Community-Centered Health Homes: Bridging the gap between health services
and community prevention
Berkeley Media
Studies Group
Prevention Institute: Supporting Health Food and Activity Environments
- ENACT |
| 1/17 |
Policy
Development |
|
A
Legal Primer for Obesity Prevention
PolicyLink |
| 1/19 |
Food Insecurity
|
Facilitated Discussion
Discussion
Guide 4 |
Position of the American Dietetic
Association: Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States. J Am Diet Assoc. 2010.
March. 1101368-1377.
Household Food
Security in the United States, 2010
Hunger in
America: Suffering We All Pay For
Sweet Charity: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement
End Childhood Hunger in Washington State - Strategic Plan
What Factors Account
for State-to-State Differences in Food Security?
|
| 1/24 |
Policy Development
in Action: the Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition |
Victor Colman, JD
Uncommon Solutions |
|
| 1/26 |
The Core
Functions in Action: Public Health Nutrition at the Washington State
Department of Health |
Amy Ellings, MPH
Nutritional Consultant, Washington State Department of Health |
|
| 1/31 |
Science to
Policy |
Student Lead Discussions |
Students Present Proposals for Science to Policy Papers:
Bring 4 copies of Completed Proposal
Template to share and upload to class
dropbox. |
Infrastructure, Programs & Systems for Public Health
Nutrition
|
| 2/2 |
Federal Systems for Public Health
Nutrition |
Student
Presentations |
http://www.nutrition.gov/
Blueprint for Nutrition & Physical Activity
Mapping
the World of Nutrition: An Overview of federal funding for nutrition
programs
Nutrition Assistance Programs
|
| 2/7 |
Federal Systems, continued |
Student
Presentations |
|
| 2/9 |
State and Local
Associations, Coalitions and Initiatives |
Student Presentations |
|
| 2/14 |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Student Presentations |
Promising Strategies for Creating Healthy Eating and Active Living
Environments |
| 2/16 |
Addressing Disparities & Inequities in Nutrition and
Physical Activity |
Marilyn Sitaker, MPH Principal
Research Scientist, Battelle Memorial
Institute. |
Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts
Pampel, FC, Krueger, PM, Denney, JT.
Socioeconomic Disparities in
Health Behaviors. Annu Rev Sociol Aug
2010, 36:349-370.
|
Public Health Functions in Communities
|
| 2/21 |
Community
Nutrition Assessment |
|
Healthy Communities Toolkit
Moving to the Future
|
| 2/23 |
Community
Strategies |
|
Washington
State Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan
Recommended
Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United
States
Implementation Guide for Recommended Community Strategies
|
| 2/28 |
Public Health Models for Change |
|
Theory at a
Glance: A Guide for Health Promotion Practice. Karen
Glance. NIH, NCI.
RE-AIM
Social
Marketing for Nutrition and Physical Activity |
| 3/1 |
Context for Public Health Nutrition
Practice: Cultural Competence, Coalitions/Partners, Community-based
|
|
Starting Steps for Improving Cultural Competence
Building Diverse Community Based Coalitions
Building
Culturally Competent Organizations
|
| 3/6 |
Goals,
Objectives, and Logic Models |
|
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/# |
| 3/8 |
Evaluation
|
|
Framework for Program
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
|
| 3/13 |
Final 10:30-12:20 |
Student Project
Presentation |
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