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Association of State Public Health Nutritionists . 2023. Food and nutrition security primer . Tucson, AZ: Association of State Public Health Nutritionists,

Annotation: This 4-part resource provides background information and definitions of rapidly-changing food and nutrition security terms, offering insights into the origins of terms and underscoring the power and importance of terminology. Included is a table with terms and definitions used by national food, nutrition, and health programs and organizations.

Keywords: Cultural factors, Cultural sensitivity, Language, Nonprejudicial language, Nutrition and food

Bronheim S, Goode T. 2014. Documenting the implementation of cultural and linguistic competence: A guide for Maternal and Child Health Bureau training programs. Washington, DC: National Center for Cultural Competence, 8 pp.

Annotation: This guide for maternal and child health training programs presents approaches to documenting cultural and linguistic competence. Topics include documenting the extent to which a program's overall approach integrates principles and practices of cultural and linguistic competence. The guide also addresses ways to document cultural and linguistic competence in the following areas: curricula and clinical preparation; family involvement and community collaboration; and recruiting, retaining, and supporting racially and ethnically diverse trainees and faculty. Key definitions are included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Cultural competence, Cultural diversity, MCH training programs, Nonprejudicial language, Recruitment

Anat Shenker Osorio Communications, Center for Community Change, Lake Research Partners. 2014. Messaging for economic justice. Washington, DC: Center for Community Change, 4 pp. (Research brief)

Annotation: This brief presents findings of research about delivering effective messages aimed at dismantling the barriers that create and sustain poverty. It lists key principles of effective messaging, words to avoid and to embrace, and examples of messages with varying types of speakers. It briefly summarizes research tasks, including language analysis; listening sessions with African Americans, Latinos, and whites at or below the poverty level; advocate interviews; and a phone survey to test messages to engage the base, persuade the middle, and alienate the opposition.

Keywords: Communication, Language barriers, Low income groups, Nonprejudicial language, Poverty, Research
   

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