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Annotation: This fact sheet provides information on the role of public health nutrition in Title V maternal and child health programs and ways to engage with public health nutritionists while working on the five-year needs assessment. It gives examples of connections between MCH outcomes and nutrition. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-2170 Web Site: https://mchb.hrsa.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Federal programs, Needs assessment, Nutrition programs, Public health nutrition, Public health nutritionists, Title V programs

Annotation: This fact sheet provides an overview of Title V needs assessment and of nutrition and Title V. It gives examples of connections between MCH outcomes and nutrition, and how public health nutritionists can participate. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-2170 Web Site: https://mchb.hrsa.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Federal programs, Needs assessment, Nutrition programs, Public health nutrition, Public health nutritionists, Title V programs

Annotation: This resource focuses on state agency efforts to promote good nutrition in the maternal and child health population. Contents are listed by topic and by state. Topics include: nutrition standards; salad bars in schools; organizational change with multiple agencies; leadership; farm to institution; healthy beverages; home visiting programs; and healthy communities. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Association of State Public Health Nutritionists, P.O. Box 37094, Tucscon, AZ 85740-7094, Telephone: (814) 255-2829 Secondary Telephone: Fax: Web Site: http://www.asphn.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding, Child care, Child health, Collaboration, Health promotion, Home visiting, Infant health, Maternal health, Nutrition, Organizational change, Program improvement, Public health nutritionists, State MCH programs, Strategic planning, Systems development, Training

Annotation: This brief summarizes the impact of nutrition on infant mortality and identifies areas where nutrition interventions can make a difference in reducing infant mortality. The brief also describes the role that public health nutritionists play in preventing infant mortality. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Association of State Public Health Nutritionists, P.O. Box 37094, Tucscon, AZ 85740-7094, Telephone: (814) 255-2829 Secondary Telephone: Fax: Web Site: http://www.asphn.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Infant mortality, Nutrition, Prevention services, Public health nutritionists

Annotation: This manual provides guidelines for supervised experiences for personnel in community nutrition programs that promote the health and well being of individuals, families, and communities. The target audience for these guidelines are: nutrition practitioners and registered dietitians who have limited preparation in public health; public health and nutrition professionals employed by community programs and agencies that strive to employ qualified nutrition personnel; and practitioners and educators who provide community nutrition training for dietetic professionals. Report sections include background information on personnel availability and expertise, recruitment and retention and community nutrition practice; curriculum development; application of the guidelines; a bibliography; community nutrition training topic areas, and a guide for curriculum development.

Contact: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, Telephone: (800) 877-1600 Secondary Telephone: (312) 899-0400 Web Site: http://www.eatright.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Community based services, Community programs, Manuals, Nutrition, Public health nutrition, Public health nutritionists

Annotation: The goal of this continuing education intervention is to provide public health nutrition personnel the tools to master the fundamentals of performing cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). This manual was designed to complement The Practitioner's Guide to Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Nutrition Interventions and to be used in local workshops. The manual features the "enlightened apple" to help stimulate questions and facilitate discussion. The "enlightened apple" asks questions and offers possible routes to complete each step of a CEA. A scenario is included for decreasing low birth weight among African American women with short inter-conception periods. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan.

Keywords: Blacks, Continuing education, Cost effectiveness, Low birthweight, Manuals, Nutrition education, Program evaluation, Public health nutritionists

Annotation: This manual was designed to provide assistance and support for the local workshop facilitator during preparation, implementation, and evaluation of a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) workshop for public health nutrition practitioners. The manual was designed to be used with the participant's manual. Directions for how to prepare and plan for the workshop are included in this manual, but the authors recommend that the participant's manual also be reviewed as part of that process. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan.

Keywords: Continuing education, Cost effectiveness, Manuals, Nutrition education, Program evaluation, Public health nutritionists

Annotation: This report presents an executive summary and highlights discussions of a public health/community nutritionist workshop that focused on recruitment strategies for such nutritionists.

Contact: U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302, Web Site: http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns Available from the website.

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Keywords: Employment, Nutritionists, Public health nutritionists, Recruitment, Retention

Annotation: This teaching guide is designed to instruct public health professionals concerning the information provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food guide pyramid, with the goal of emphasizing the importance of diet in health promotion and disease prevention. The guide includes three modules: (1) Fats, sweets, and oils: making wise choices; (2) foods and nutrients; and (3) applying the food guide pyramid. Transparencies and handouts are included in the guide.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Contact for cost information.

Keywords: Diet, Dietary guidelines, Disease prevention, Food pyramid, Health promotion, Nutrition education, Nutritional requirements, Professional education, Public health nutritionists

Annotation: This monograph provides information on programs supported by the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau to improve nutrition services for children with special health needs from 1985 to 1991. The genetics, demonstration, and training projects supported through special projects of regional and national significance (SPRANS) in which nutrition is the primary focus or a significant interdisciplinary component are identified and described. The appendices include a list of materials related to nutrition services for children with special health needs produced by active and completed SPRANS, and lists of nutrition professionals at the regional and state level who could provide information on state and local resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan.

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Keywords: Children with developmental disabilities, Children with special health care needs, Community health services, Interdisciplinary training, MCH training, Metabolic diseases, Nutrition, Nutritionists, Pediatric pulmonary care, Professional education, Public health nutritionists

Annotation: This full report and executive summary contain issue papers, recommendations, and strategies for action to improve maternal and child health (MCH) nutrition services. The recommendations, which call for coordination and collaboration among governmental and non-governmental organizations, were developed through discussions at a national workshop sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Interorganizational Nutrition Group (MCHING), with support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Forty-four voluntary, professional, educational, and nonprofit organizations and 14 Federal agencies participated in the workshop. Issue papers included in the full report are: Nutrition Services in the Maternal and Child Health Program: A Historical Perspective; Societal Trends that Affect Nutrition Status and Services for the Maternal and Child Health Populations; Women's Nutrition for Optimal Reproductive Health; Infant Nutrition; Child Nutrition; Adolescent Nutrition; Children with Special Health Care Needs; Needs Assessment for Nutrition Activities; Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation of Nutrition Programs; Components of Nutrition Services; Quality Assurance; Personnel; Financing; and Economic Analysis of Nutrition Care. The background papers were also issued separately. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Adolescent nutrition, Breastfeeding, Child nutrition, Children with special health care needs, Cost effectiveness, Dietitians, Financing, Infant nutrition, Maternal nutrition, Needs assessment, Nutrition disorders, Nutrition monitoring, Nutrition policy, Nutrition services, Prenatal nutrition, Professional education, Program planning, Public health nutritionists, Quality assurance, SPRANS

Annotation: These papers include: Nutrition Services in the Maternal and Child Health Program: A Historical Perspective; Societal Trends that Affect Nutrition Status and Services for the Maternal and Child Health Populations; Women's Nutrition for Optimal Reproductive Health; Infant Nutrition; Child Nutrition; Adolescent Nutrition; Children with Special Health Care Needs; Needs Assessment for Nutrition Activities; Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation of Nutrition Programs; Components of Nutrition Services; Quality Assurance; Personnel; Financing; and Economic Analysis of Nutrition Care. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent nutrition, Breastfeeding, Child nutrition, Children with special health care needs, Cost effectiveness, Dietitians, Financing, Infant nutrition, Maternal nutrition, Needs assessment, Nutrition disorders, Nutrition monitoring, Nutrition policy, Nutrition services, Prenatal nutrition, Professional education, Program planning, Public health nutritionists, Quality assurance, Risk assessment, SPRANS

Annotation: This conference proceedings contains a complete summary of presentations, abstracts of poster sessions, and handouts from the 1990 Region IV public health nutrition workshop sponsored by the University of Tennessee. The workshop focused on expanding public health nutrition services based on sound program planning principles. Nationally recognized speakers described community assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and budgeting. Providers of model programs in each of the eight southeastern states described how they successfully applied these principles to expand and diversify services. Sessions highlighted short- and long-range interventions in the community-at-large and for special populations, including those with AIDS, the homeless, special needs children, and high-risk infants. A set of seven audiotapes of speakers at this workshop is available for loan from the Librarian, National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Reference Collection, 2000 15th Street North, Suite 701, Arlington, VA 22201 (703) 524-7802. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: University of Tennessee, Department of Nutrition, Jessie Harris Building, Room 229, 1215 W. Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-1920, Telephone: (865) 974-5445 Fax: (865) 974-3491 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://nutrition.utk.edu Available at no charge.

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Keywords: AIDS, Child health, Child nutrition, Maternal health, Maternal nutrition, Nutrition services, Public health nutritionists

Annotation: This is the report of a continuing education conference for the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors and Association of Faculties of Graduate Programs in Public Health Nutrition held at Chapel Hill June 4-7, 1989. Topics covered include: nutrition services in state and local public health agencies; trends in society and public health; the future of public health; planning for action; public health priorities; nutrition in AIDS; hunger and homelessness; access to health care; leadership; social marketing; and breastfeeding. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHC111.

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Keywords: AIDS, Access to health care, Breastfeeding, Conferences, Homeless persons, Hunger, Leadership, Nutritionists, Public health, Special health care needs, Trends

Annotation: These proceedings include presentations from a conference of state and territorial public health nutrition directors and faculties of graduate programs in public health nutrition held May 21-24, 1985 at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The conference was designed to give participants proficiency in identifying national data sources; knowledge about gaining access to those sources and using the information for program management; ability to identify resources for funding public health nutrition services; and time to network with colleagues at all levels to enhance nutrition program development.

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Keywords: Health promotion, Health statistics, Nutrition monitoring, Nutrition services, Program evaluation, Public health nutritionists, Public health programs

Annotation: This report was prepared to serve as a basis for establishing policies, providing consultation and technical assistance, determining priorities, and guiding collaborative action related to training in public health nutrition. The papers presented provide information in such issues as: public health; nutrition; maternal and child health; nutrition personnel; and public health education. The report provides a section for recommendations. A list of participants is included. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Child health, Dietitians, Maternal health, Nutritionists, Professional education, Public health programs, Training

Annotation: These proceedings are of a workshop held in Memphis on February 6-9, 1978. The workshop reported on existing field work programs for community and public health nutritionists and planned for future development of field training.

Keywords: Community health services, Nutrition, Nutrition education, Public health nutritionists

Annotation: The purpose of this handbook is to assemble available knowledge and techniques of public health program planning and evaluation for study and ready reference by public health nutritionists. The handbook includes the following main sections: (1) introduction -- program planning and evaluation, (2) program planning, (3) assessment of nutrition needs of the community, (4) summary. Statistical information is presented in tables throughout the report. Seven appendices include examples of program plans, a community study to identify nutrition program needs, and more. The report concludes with a list of references.

Keywords: Communities, Manuals, Nutritionists, Program evaluation, Program planning, Public health, Reference materials

Annotation: This document consists of the minutes of a steering committee meeting of the American Public Health Association. The committee reviewed the roles, qualifications and education of the various categories of public health nutritionists. This meeting was held in Detroit in 1968.

Keywords: Professional education, Public health nutritionists

Annotation: This guide for Children's Bureau staff and their state and local counterparts provides information to assist in the planning and evaluation of the nutrition component of a comprehensive health services project for children and youth. Included are guidelines on the nutrition services and personnel needed to improve of the diets and nutritional status of service recipients. Suggested qualification for nutrition personnel and sample job descriptions are also provided. The guide is available to independent researchers upon request.

Keywords: Adolescent nutrition, Child nutrition, Evaluation, Nutrition services, Nutritionists, Personnel, Planning, Public health nutrition, Youth