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| 1/8 | Public Health Nutrition: Where We've Been, Where We're Going | Ten Great Public Health Achievements of the 21st
Century http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/tengpha.htm History of Nutritionists and Dietitians in the US Public Health Service: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/diet/dhistory.html Public health nutrition practice in the United States. Johnson, et al. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, May 2001 v101 i5 p529 |
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The Nutrition Environment |
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| 1/10 | Trends in US Food Consumption and the Economics of Food Choice | Adam Drewnowski, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Nutritional Sciences | What we Eat in America: http://www.barc.usda.gov/bhnrc/foodsurvey/home.htm Changes in Children's Diets: 1989-1991 to 1994-1996. http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/menu/published/CNP/FILES/Changes.pdf America's Children's Diets not Making the Grade: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/FoodReview/May2001/FRV24I2b.pdf
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| 1/15 | Nutrition Monitoring & Surveillance | NCHS: Nutrition Monitoring Directory: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/nutrishn/nutrishn.htm
Third report on Nutrition Monitoring: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/other/miscpub/nutflyer.htm A Look at America's Children and Their Families: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/FoodReview/May2001/FRV24I2a.pdf
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Hunger in America | Diane Armbrust, MS, RD | 12 Myths about Hunger: http://www.foodfirst.org/pubs/backgrdrs/1998/s98v5n3.html World Hunger Position of the ADA World Food System: Serving All or Serving Some? |
| 1/22 | Health Disparities and Income Inequities: What Role Nutrition? | Facilitated Student Discussions | The
Indoctrinologists Are Coming. Satel, Sally. Atlantic monthly. JAN 01 2001 v 287 n 1 Understanding and Eliminating Racial
Inequalities in Women's Health in the United States: The Role of the Weathering Conceptual
Framework Is our society making you sick? Stephen Bezruchk. Newsweek; New York; Feb 26, 2001 Economic Status and Health in Childhood: http://www.jcpr.org/newsletters/vol5_no5/articles.html#story_ The contribution of nutrition to inequalitites in health. James, WPT, Nelson M, Raltph, A, Leather S. BMJ. May 24, 1997. 314:1545. |
| 1/24 | Cultural Competency in Nutrition Program Planning | Aliyq Haq, MS, RD, Harborview Medical Center | Cultural Competence: A Journey http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/Default.htm Cultural Competence Works: http://www.hrsa.gov/financeMC/cultural-competence.pdf |
Program Planning for Public Health Nutrition |
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| 1/29 | Assessment & Prioritizing | Community Nutrition Assessment in Washington
State: http://depts.washington.edu/commnutr/home Selecting, Designing and Adapting Community Interventions: http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/tools/EN/part_1006.htm |
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| 1/31 | Applying Theories & Assuring Efficacy | Theory at a Glance:
A Guide for Health Promotion Practice. Karen Glance. NIH, NCI. Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research: http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9939.html |
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| 2/5 | Developing Models, Goals & Objectives | Healthy People 2010: http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/default.htm Developing a Strategic Plan, Organizational Structure, and Training System: http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/tools/EN/part_1004.htm Everything you wanted to know about logic models but were afraid to ask: http://www.insites.org/documents/logmod.htm Learning from Logic Models: An example of a family/school partnership program: http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~hfrp/pubs/onlinepubs/logic.pdf
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| 2/7 | Community Based Programs: Working in Coalitions | Dorothy Gist, Health Educator, Washington State Department of Health | Working Together for Healthier Communities: A Framework for Collaboration among Community Partnerships, Support Organizations, and Funders: http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/tools/EN/section_1381.htm
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| 2/12 | Evaluation
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An Evaluation Framework for Community Health Programs: http://www.cdc.gov/eval/evalcbph.pdf | |
Food, Nutrition, and the Government |
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| 2/14 | Overview: Laws, regulations, policy development | Taxes,
Where Does the Money Go?: Federal, State, and Local Governmen USDA, "Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century," Nutrition Chapter Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion Strategic Plan |
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| 2/19 | Community Nutrition Programs | Student presentations | |
| 2/21 | Community Nutrition Programs | Student Presentations |
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| 2/26 | NGOs and Food and Nutrition | Trish Twomey, Fremont Public Association and the Washington Food and Nutrition Council | http://www.fremontpublic.org/ Hunger: A Picture of Washington
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Integration of Nutrition in a local Public Health Department | Donna Oberg, RD, MPH Public Health Seattle & King County |
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/ |
| 3/5 | Management in Public Health Nutrition | Kim Wallace, MBA, Director, Washington State WIC Program | http://www.doh.wa.gov/WIC/WIC.htm |
| 3/7 | What Should the Role of Government be? | Facilitated Student Discussion | Readings above that describe the current role of
goverment agencies. Where the Public Good Prevailed. Isaacs,S and Schroeder, S. The American Prospect. June, 2001 |
| 3/12 | Regional and National Public Health Nutrition | Carolyn Gleason, MS, RD, Region X Public Health Consultant | HRSA Performance Measures: http://www.mchdata.net Revising FNS’s GPRA Strategic Plan: http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/MENU/gpra/revising.htm |
| 3/14 | Advocacy for Food and Nutrition | Shelley Curtis, RD MPH | Children's Alliance: http://www.childrensalliance.org/ Western Region Anti-Hunger Consortium: http://www.wrahc.org/ ADA Advocacy Guide: Effective Nutrition and Health Policy Begins with You. http://www.eatright.org/gov/advocacy.html |
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Final 10:30-12:20 | Student Project Presentation | |