Nutrition 536 - Nutrition Education Principles and Practice

Course Syllabus

 

Date Time Topic Speaker Reading
3/27 8:00 Introductions and Overview DB Glanz, Chapters 1&2
 

 

10:30 Introduction and Overview:  Nutrition Lab DJ Leann L Birch.  Development of food preferences.  Ann Rev Nutr 19:41.  1999.

USDA's Healthy Eating Index and Nutrition Information.  1998.

Promoting Healthy Eating: An Investment in the Future – FNS Report to Congress, Dec. 1999

3/29 8:00 Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs DB
4/3 8:00 Theories of Motivating Health Behavior Change DB
4/5 10:30 Communication & Educational Models for Nutrition Education

 

SNAC Presentation

DJ

 

 

 

Brenda Wolsey

Holli BB, Calabrese RJ. Communication and Education Skills for Dietetics Professionals. 3rd ed. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore MD. 1998.
  • Implementing and Evaluating Learning
  • Communication
  • Communicating and the New Diversity

 

4/10 8:00 Health Professional Counseling DJ Glanz, Chapter 10

Holli and Calabrese:

  • Counseling
  • Nutrition Counseling

 

4/12 8:00 Individual and Interpersonal Level Interventions DB Glanz, Chapters 3, 4, 6, 8,
4/17 8:00 Group Level Strategies DB Glanz, Chapter 9, 12, 13
4/19 8:00 Organizational Level Strategies DB Glanz, Chapters 14
4/24 8:00 Community Level Strategies DB Glanz, Chapters 16, 19,
4/26 8:00 Mass Media Strategies DB Glanz, Chapters 18, 15
5/1 10:30 Media & Media Literacy and Nutrition Penelope Karovsky, PhD, Coordinator of Continuing Education University of Washington Kraak & Pellitier.  How marketers reach young consumers:  implications for nutrition education and health promotion campaigns. Family Economics and Nutrition Review.   11:31-41. 1998.


Vivica Kraak.  The influence of commercialism on the food purchasing behavior of children and teenage youth; ; Family Economics and Nutrition Review, Washington; 1998; Vol. 11, Iss. 3; pg. 15, 10 pgs

Teen Health Media Literacy web site:  www.teenhealthandthemedia.net


Chernoff R. Communicating as Professionals: Media Presentations

5/3 10:30 Nutrition Education on the Web Laura Larssen, MLS, Librarian, Department of Health Sciences Quality of Information On and Off the web Checklist

Web-based learning modules by Laura Larsson:

http://courses.washington.edu/~hs590a/modules/04/module4.html

http://courses.washington.edu/~hs590a/modules/06/module6.html

http://courses.washington.edu/~hs590a/modules/06/06-webns.html

http://courses.washington.edu/~hs590a/modules/05/module5.html

 

5/8 10:30 Oral Nutrition Presentations 

 

Using food as a Nutrition Education Tool

DJ

 

 

Ami Tsuchiya

Chernoff R. Communicating as Professionals.:
  • Presentations to Professional Audiences
  • Presentations to the General Public
5/10 10:30 Developing Nutrition Education Materials

 

Developing Materials for Clients with Limited Literacy

DJ

 

 

 

Janet Leader

Chernoff R. Communicating as Professionals:
  • Keys to Good Writing
  • Developing Client Education Materials
  • News Releases, Advertising Copy, and Brochures
  • Newsletter Publishing

 

 

 

5/15 10:30 Resources for the Nutrition Educator Kristy Raker, RD, Washington Dairy Council

 

See web links
5/17 8:00 Dietary Behavior Change DB Kumanyika SK, Bowen D, et al. Maintenance of Dietary Behavior Change.  Health Psychology.  19: 42-56. 2000
5/22 10:30 Applying the theories to Nutrition - student presentations DJ See electronic reserves for class. 
5/24 8:00 Tobacco Use Reduction DB ~
5/29 Memorial Day - No Class ~ ~ ~
5/31 Community Presentations ~ ~
6/5

 

8:30-10:20 Final Student Presentations of Class Projects ~

 

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