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Branch of nutrition that addresses food & nutrition issues related to:
individuals, families, and special groups with a common bond such as place of residence, language, culture, and health.
Focus is on promoting optimal health and preventing disease in the community.
Responsibilities shift from client-focus approach to a population-focus.
Community health is influenced by the collective beliefs & practices of everyone in a community. |
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| Community Nutrition Professionals |
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Establish links with other professionals involved in a broad range of human services, including:
Child care
Services for the elderly
Educational institutions
Community-based research
Community RDs place an emphasis on health & wellness, and the application of nutrition to benefit specific groups. |
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Federal, state, local health agencies.
Women, Infants, Children (WIC)
Neighborhood/community health centers.
Industry.
Ambulatory care clinics.
Home health agencies.
Institutions and hospitals.
Private or public schools |
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Native American health services
Health and Human Services or Welfare
School nutrition programs
Area Agencies on Aging
Cooperative Extension
Land-grant universities
Research specialists prepare grant proposals, coordinate field-based studies, analyze large data sets |
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Largest subunit of “community nutrition”
publicly funded and provided through a state or local health agency.
Offers health promotion & disease prevention through research & education
Directs money and energy to problems affecting the largest number of people.
Targets the under-served.
Collaborates with the public, consumers, leaders, legislators.
Monitors health of people in the community through established benchmarks. |
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Disease prevention is addressed through three essential and distinct components:
Personal health:
Prevention at the individual level (one-on-one)
Community based:
Using campaigns with specific focus
Increasing fruit & vegetable consumption
Weight maintenance
Social policies:
Focus on changing policies & laws
Food safety, tobacco use, alcohol abuse |
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Widespread health concerns exist:
Growing obesity epidemic
Food availability & nutrition misinformation disparity among various groups
Continued need for intervention:
developing nutrition material appropriate for target populations.
appropriate media strategies (TV, radio, newspaper, magazines, computers) to reach population groups. |
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