Nutrition in promoting the public's health:strategies, principles, and practices
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Published: |
Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
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Publisher Address: | Sudbury, Mass. |
Publication Dates: | c2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xix, 617 p.: ill., map ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0763728403 9780763728403 |
Index Number: | R199 |
CLC: |
R199.712 R15-171.2 |
Call Number: | R15-171.2/K213 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Practice as a public health professional -- Establish the evidence base for nutrition practice -- Assess the community's needs for nutrition services -- Seek the vulnerable -- Develop agency, community, and State nutrition policies -- Advocate for national health and nutrition polices -- Speak out on health and nutrition legislation and regulations -- Nurture women, infants, and children -- Shape up the adults -- Add life to years -- Ensure nutrition services in primary health care for the underserved -- Enforce nutrition and food service standards in group care facilities -- Protect the food supply -- Plan, implement, and evaluate public health nutrition services -- Market nutrition programs to the public -- Understand, interpret, and use data -- Maximize available funds -- Empower the public to choose healthy food -- Develop a qualified public health/community nutritions staff -- Manage and mentor public health nutrition personnel -- Partner with the public health team to spread the nutrition message -- Network/internetwork for public health nutrition -- Win administrative support -- Strive for excellence -- Anticipate the future. |