The Maternal and Child Health Library released a new knowledge path, Nutrition: Children and Adolescents. The knowledge path offers a guide to recent resources that analyze data, describe public-awareness campaigns and other health-promotion programs, and report on research aimed at identifying promising strategies for improving nutrition and eating behaviors within families, schools, and communities. Separate sections identify resources for professionals, resources for families, and resources on specific aspects of child and adolescent nutrition. Topics include child care and early childhood education, food marketing to children, food safety, food-security and nutrition-assistance programs, and school-based nutrition education and food services. View the path online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_childnutr.html. Knowledge paths on other maternal and child health topics are available at http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html.
Register Now for March 13-14, 2008 Workshop!
The Obesity Challenge in Public Health:
Integrating Best Practices into Culturally Competent, Family-Centered Solutions
An Interdisciplinary Distance Learning Workshop
10 or more continuing education credits for your professions!
(RD, RN, OT, PT, SLP, social work, case managers,
educators, psychologists, physicians, and others)
Registration is free; however there is a $20.00 lunch fee .
This program provides leadership training in pediatric/adolescent nutrition by developing high levels of clinical competence, providing instruction in nutritional needs and services for children and providing training in systems of delivery of nutritional care. Program is designed for pediatric practitioners, including dietitians, nurses, nutritionists, pediatric nurse practitioners, physicians and other professionals who are involved in the care of children.
If you've been looking
for great ideas for afterschool programs, visit www.ccscenter.org to download a copy of the
new publication, below. It was developed in response to California's
Proposition 49 which, once a budget threshhold was passed, would put over $500M
into afterschool programs that provide educational enrichment. The "trigger" was
pulled last year, so now school districts and county offices of education are
delivering services themselves or contracting w/ other entities. This document
is intended to help them! We'd love your feedback!
The
Curricula Enhancement Module Series was developed by the
National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) to increase the capacity of
DRTE-funded programs to incorporate principles and practices of cultural and
linguistic competence into all aspects of their leadership training. Key
content areas are: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Self-Assessment, Process of
Inquiry -- Communicating in a Multicultural Environment, and Public Health in a
Multicultural Environment.
Each Module offers:
Section A: Overview and Purpose of the Modules
Section B: Cultural and Linguistic
Competence: Rationale, Conceptual Frameworks, and Values
Section C: Key
Content
Section D: Teaching Tools, Strategies, and Resources including
case studies, vignettes, and self-discovery exercises
The module series
is supported by the NCCC web site, with regularly updated content, including an
online searchable Resource Database, Promising Practices, Research and the
Evidence, the Cultural Broker portal, the Spanish Language portal, Frequently
Asked Questions in Language Access and a wide range of publications and
tools.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a new evidence report on breastfeeding and health outcomes. The report found evidence that breastfeeding decreases infants's and mothers's risk of having many short-term and chronic diseases.
There is good evidence that breastfeeding reduced infants's risk of ear infections by up to 50 percent, serious lower respiratory tract infections by 72 percent, and a skin rash similar to eczema by 42 percent. Children with a family history of asthma who had been breastfed were 40 percent less likely to have asthma, and children who were not prone to asthma had a 27 percent reduced risk compared to those children who were not breastfed. The risk of developing type 1 diabetes was reduced by about 20 percent. These benefits were seen in infants who were breastfed for three or more months. Breastfeeding also reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by 39 percent compared to those who were not breastfed.
The report also found that breastfeeding was associated with fewer episodes of diarrhea during infancy, decreased incidence of childhood leukemia, and decreased deaths from sudden infant death syndrome. The report found no clear relationship between breastfeeding and improvement in IQ. In premature infants, breastfeeding decreased the occurrence of necrotizing enterocolitis, a serious gastrointestinal infection that often results in death.
For health outcomes in mothers, there is good evidence that women who breastfed their infants had up to a 12 percent reduced risk of type 2 diabetes for each year they breastfed. Breastfeeding decreased the risk of ovarian cancer by up to 21 percent. Breastfeeding also decreased the risk of breast cancer by up to 28 percent in those whose lifetime duration of breastfeeding was 12 months or longer. Women who did not breastfeed their infants were more likely to have postpartum depression, but unmeasured factors-Msuch as depression that was undiagnosed prior to giving birth-Mmay have increased the rate of depression seen in this group. Breastfeeding did not increase the risk of fractures due to osteoporosis. The effect of breastfeeding on a woman'9s weight could not be determined based on the available studies.
The report was nominated and funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services's Office on Women's Health and prepared by Stanley Ip, M.D., Joseph Lau, M.D., and colleagues at AHRQ's Tufts-New England Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
AHRQ'9s EPCs develop evidence reports and technology assessments on topics relevant to clinical, social science/behavioral, economic, and other health care organization and delivery issues-Mspecifically those that are common, expensive, and/or significant for the Medicare and Medicaid populations.
To access Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Outcomes in Developed Countries, go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/brfouttp.htm
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Public Health & Community
Nutrition
Department of Community Health Sciences - School of Public Health
University of California at Los Angeles
Web Site: www.ph.ucla.edu/chs
The
Department of Nutrition at The University of Tennessee in
Knoxville has a new
tenure-track position available at the Assistant/Associate Professor rank for
someone with a focus in nutrition, behavioral sciences, obesity, and weight
management. If
you are interested in a position of this nature, we encourage you to apply. If
you know of someone who might be interested, please share the position
announcement. Click the "Read more..." link below for more information about the position and how to apply. Please contact
Betsy Haughton (
; Telephone
865/974-6267) if you have questions or need additional information.
The Nutrition and Physical Activity
Communication Team (NuPAC) from DNPA/CDC would like to announce two new social
marketing resources!
1. A series of social marketing case
studies has been developed and is available online at www.cdc.gov/dnpa/socialmarketing. One of the questions NuPAC is asked a
lot is "how have other states done social marketing?" These case studies are
our attempt to help answer that question for you. They describe the process used in five different
states to plan and develop nutrition and physical activity interventions. They
are real-life, concrete examples of how to incorporate social marketing into the
intervention planning process.
Informational boxes are included that
highlight:
Ways to apply social marketing to
intervention planning
Lessons learned
Challenges faced
Creative ideas
Potential areas for saving money
Finally, a summary table is included at the
end of each case study that includes a contact person as a resource for
additional information.
If you have questions about the cases, or
ideas for social marketing projects in the areas of nutrition, physical
activity, or obesity, please contact:
Jenny Miller:
Becky Payne:
Lori Schmoyer:
2. Turning Point has announced a new version
of CDCynergy-Social Marketing Edition. This interactive CD-ROM provides step-by-step
support for developing a social marketing program. The new version includes
additional guidance at every phase. To purchase a (low cost!) copy of the
CD-ROM, please visit: www.tangibledata.com/cdcynergy-soc Several trainings for using the
new CD-ROM will be offered in the fall, including a training in conjunction with
APHA. To find dates and registration information, please visit: www.turningpointprogram.org/Pages/socialmkt.html
The Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology at Drexel University invites
applicants for a tenure track position in the Division of Nutrition and Food
Science. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in nutrition or a
related field and should have a strong desire to will take a leading role in
the division which is doing dynamic research in basic and clinical nutrition
sciences. The candidate must have a strong Nutritional research program,
peer-reviewed publications, and a track record of extramural funding. The
candidate will teach at both the graduate and undergraduate students in the
Nutrition Division levels. Drexel University is located in the heart of
Philadelphia, close to other major universities and has a diverse array of
cultural activities.
