| Date | Topic | Guests & Student Responsibilities | Reading |
| 1/4 | Functions of Public
Health Nutrition What is public health nutrition? |
Public Health in
America Ten Great Public Health Achievements of the 21st Century http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/tengpha.htm Johnson, et al. Public health nutrition practice in the United States. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, May 2001 v101 i5 p529 |
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| 1/9 | Public Health Nutrition & the New Nutrition Science | Facilitated Discussion |
Dimensions, Domains and Principals of the New Nutrition Science
Looking at the Whole: Nutrition, public health and the new nutrition science: Academic thought, professional action |
ASSESSMENT |
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| 1/11 | National Nutrition Monitoring and
Surveillance How do we know about the nutritional status of Americans?
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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.pd National data sets useful in food and nutrition assistance research http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/FoodNutritionAssistance/data/ Understanding Food Security Data and Methodology: http://www.centeronhunger.org/pdf/understanding.pdf
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| 1/16 | State Level Assessment for
Nutrition and Physical Activity
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Marilyn
Sitaker, MPH Epidemiologist, Washington State Department of Health |
Washington
State Plan for Nutrition and Physical Activity
The Health of Washington State: http://www.doh.wa.gov/hws/ The Health of Washington State Supplement: A statewide assessment
addressing health disparities by race, ethnicity, poverty and education The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk |
| 1/18 | Food Insecurity | Facilitated Discussion |
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, 2005 What Factors Account for State-to-State Differences in Food Security?
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| 1/23 | The Role of Nutrition in Health Disparities | Facilitated Discussion |
Nutrition and Health Disparities:
Three Reports and an Anniversary Improving Health & Reducing Disparities Through Prevention
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ASSURANCE |
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| 1/25 | Community Nutrition Assessment What are the things that need our attention? Where do we start?
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Lynne Smith,
PhD, RD, MPH Evaluation Specialist, Center for Public Health Nutrition
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Abarca et al.
Using Community Indicators to Assess Nutrition in Arizona-Mexico Border
Communities 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
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| 1/30 | Public Health Models for Change What will it really take to make things better? |
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 Community Based Participatory Research: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/commbas.html\ Healthy Cities: http://www.healthycities.org/overview.html |
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| 2/1 | Goals,
Objectives, and Logic Models How do we plan interventions? |
Healthy People 2010: http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/default.htm 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/# |
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| 2/6 |
Evaluation What worked? What didn't? How do we make it better? |
An Evaluation Framework for
Community Health Programs:
http://www.cdc.gov/eval/evalcbph.pdf
Shadish WR. The Common Threads in Program Evaluation Martin SL, Heath GW. A Six-Step Model for Evaluation of Community-based Physical Activity Programs |
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| 2/8 | Beyond Fact Sheets -- Communication Planning for Health Promotion | Kate Lynch,
MIA Communications Specialist, 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 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
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| 2/13 | Understanding the Federal
Nutrition System What national programs are in place now? What departments administer them? What are their missions? |
http://www.nutrition.gov/ USDA, "Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century," Nutrition Chapter |
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| 2/15 | Community Nutrition Programs | Student Presentations | |
| 2/20 | Community Nutrition Programs | Student Presentations | |
Nutrition Policy Development |
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| 2/22 | Introduction to Nutrition Policy What is policy? How is policy developed? What are the potential components of nutrition policies at the local, state and national level?
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| 2/27 | State Legislative Policies for Nutrition
and Physical Activity
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Victor
Colman, JD Senior Policy Advisor, Division of Community and Family Health, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Washington State Department of Health |
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 |
| 3/1 | Changing Local and County Policies and Environments | John Britt, MPH, Prevention Coordinator Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department | |
| 3/6 | A Coordinated National Food and Nutrition Policy? | Facilitated Discussion |
Seeking Balance in US Farm and Food Policy Food Aware Proposal for an EU Nutrition Policy: Possible Implications for U.S. Agriculture From Adoption of Select Dietary Guidelines Healthy Food, Farms & Families Commodity Promotion Programs -- What's the beef?
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| 3/8 | Leadership for Nutrition at Washington State Department of Health | Jan Norman, MS, RD Manager, Washington State Diabetes, Cardiovascular Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs |
Health Policy Coach
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. |
| 3/13 | Final 10:30-12:20 | Student Project Presentation | |