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Book SynopsisDiscover the diverse range of practice settings and opportunities available to you as a community and public health nutritionist with COMMUNITY NUTRITION IN ACTION, 8th Edition! The book provides easy-to-understand coverage of program planning, policymaking, and nutrition issues specific to community and public health. Using this innovative book, you'll develop the skills you need to achieve cultural competency, address health disparities, try new technologies, and use fresh approaches to improving the public's nutrition and health status. You'll also master the knowledge and skills you'll need in practice as you seek to solve population health problems, relating to media advocacy, telehealth, nutrition education, and more.
Table of ContentsPreface. SECTION ONE: COMMUNITY NUTRITIONISTS IN ACTION: WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY. 1. Opportunities in Community Nutrition. 2. Principles of Epidemiology. 3. A National Nutrition Agenda for the Public���s Health. 4. Understanding and Achieving Behavior Change. 5. Community Needs Assessment. 6. Program Planning for Success. 7. The Art and Science of Policymaking. 8. Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: An Issue for Public Health Policy. 9. Health Care Systems and Policy. SECTION TWO: COMMUNITY NUTRITIONISTS IN ACTION: NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. 10. Food Insecurity and the Food Assistance Programs. 11. Mothers and Infants: Nutrition Assessment, Services, and Programs. 12. Children and Adolescents: Nutrition Issues, Services, and Programs. 13. Healthy Aging: Nutrition Assessment, Services, and Programs. 14. Global Food and Nutrition Security: Challenges and Opportunities. SECTION THREE: COMMUNITY NUTRITIONISTS IN ACTION: DELIVERING NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS. 15. Gaining Cultural Competence in Community Nutrition. 16. Principles of Nutrition Education. 17. Marketing Nutrition and Health Promotion. 18. Managing Community Nutrition Programs. 19. Building Grantsmanship Skills. Appendixes. Index.
