Community Nutrition
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Course Introduction
Community Nutrition explores the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nutrition programs aimed at improving the health of populations and communities. The course covers key topics such as nutritional epidemiology, the impact of social, cultural, and economic factors on dietary behaviors, and strategies for addressing nutrition-related health disparities. Students will learn about policy development, program management, and funding mechanisms for community interventions, as well as methods for conducting effective nutrition education and outreach. Emphasis is placed on collaborative, evidence-based approaches to promoting healthy eating patterns and preventing chronic disease within diverse community settings.
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Community Nutrition in Action An Entrepreneurial Approach 6th Edition by Marie
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A. Boyle
Chapter 1: Opportunities in Community Nutrition
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Q1) Policy defines what governments and organizations intend to accomplish through their laws,regulations,and programs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Discuss how the "Health Continuum" could be utilized when planning health promotion.
Answer: The "Health Continuum" (see Figure 1-2)depicts health as a continuum from a well population to a population at risk to a population with an established disease to one with a controlled chronic disease.Health promotion is more effective when the programming is targeted to the level of health within the population.Primary prevention activities are best for those who are well whereas tertiary prevention activities are more appropriate for those with an established chronic disease.
Q3) An entrepreneur is someone who undertakes the risk of a business venture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) What are the three arenas of community nutrition?
Answer: People,policy,and programs.
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Chapter 2: Assessing Community Resources
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Q1) Background data on the local prevalence of billboards advertising alcoholic beverages would be most pertinent to a needs assessment undertaken to gather information about _____ factors influencing the nutritional status of the community.
A) economic
B) environmental
C) personal
D) political
Answer: B
Q2) The latest census data can provide a wealth of information regarding sociocultural and economic trends for your defined community.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) An individual's culture influences his/her food intake and nutritional status.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Assessing the Target Populations ?Nutritional
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Q1) Nonverbal communication skills are critical when conducting a nutrition assessment in a culturally diverse setting.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Other terms for reliability include
A) precision.
B) reproducibility.
C) accuracy.
D) a and b
E) b and c
Answer: D
Q3) Anthropometric measurements include:
A) skinfold measures.
B) waist circumference.
C) capillary fragility.
D) a and b
E) b and c
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Program Planning for Success
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Q1) Differentiate between cost-benefit analysis and a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Q2) The purpose of the evaluation and the evaluation design would most likely be found in the _____ section of the formal evaluation report.
A) "Background Information"
B) "Description of the Evaluation"
C) "Front Cover"
D) "Summary"
Q3) What are the four components of a well-written objective? Why is each component important?
Q4) Providing company incentives for employees to join local fitness clubs is an example of a _____ intervention.
A) Level I
B) Level II
C) Level III
D) Level IV
Q5) Evaluation is necessary only at the end of the program.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List the four steps of the nutrition care process.
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Chapter 5: Principles of Epidemiology
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Q1) Describe three vital statistics used by epidemiologists to monitor a population's health status.
Q2) _____ studies compare the frequency of events (or disease rates)in different populations.
A) Correlational
B) Cohort
C) Cause and effect
D) Cross-sectional
Q3) _____ bias may occur if study participants were self-selected or not randomly assigned.
A) Confounding
B) Measurement
C) Sample
D) Selection
Q4) One challenge in studying the relationship of diet to disease is the complexity of our diets.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Would a cohort study be appropriate to investigate your hypothesis? Why or why not?
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Chapter 6: The Art and Science of Policy Making
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Q1) E-mailing your legislators can be an effective way to communicate with them.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which is not a street-level bureaucrat?
A) Police officer
B) School teacher
C) Judge
D) Your state Senator
Q3) After a bill is introduced in either body of Congress,the bill is sent
A) to the President.
B) from the House to the Senate or vice versa.
C) to a committee.
D) to the systemic agenda.
Q4) Define a problem.Does this question illustrate a problem,and more specifically,a public problem?
Q5) The rules of day-to-day operations necessary to carry out laws are found in the A) Federal Register.
B) Catalog of Federal Assistance.
C) Congressional Journal.
D) Congressional Record.
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Chapter 7: A National Nutrition Agenda for the Publics
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Q1) Which of the following Dietary Reference Intake values represents the amount of a nutrient that is estimated to meet the requirement for the nutrient in half of the people of a specific age and gender?
A) Adequate Intake
B) Estimated Average Requirement
C) Recommended Dietary Allowance
D) Tolerable Upper Intake Level
Q2) How would you rate the effectiveness of the dietary guidance information disseminated by the U.S.government to the population?
A) It has been ineffective, and has resulted in poorer dietary habits among consumers by failing to address the need to limit dietary fat and sodium
B) It has been so effective that it has prevented trends such as eating away from home or increased portion sizes from affecting consumers' nutritional status
C) There is still much room for improvement, because a considerable gap remains between current nutrition recommendations and consumers' practices
Q3) What are the five areas of the NNMRRP surveys? Provide an example of their interrelatedness.
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Chapter 8: Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: An Issue for Public Health Policy
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Q1) Many of the policy initiatives address children rather than adults.Why?
Q2) Mexican-Americans have a higher prevalence rate for metabolic syndrome than whites.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Environmental and social trends that have been identified as possible contributors to the global obesity epidemic include all of the following except
A) fewer opportunities for recreational physical activity.
B) increased safety measures to protect walkers and cyclists.
C) replacement of water with soft drinks.
D) globalization of markets.
Q4) If public health approaches to address obesity are implemented,the obesity epidemic can be expected to follow a pattern similar to smoking rates,which
A) dropped sharply.
B) rose sharply, then dropped gradually.
C) reached a plateau, then started to drop.
D) dropped and then rose again repeatedly.
Q5) What expertise would you bring to the committee?
Q6) What is the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System?
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Chapter 9: Health Care Systems and Policy
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Q1) Medical nutrition therapy includes dietary modifications and nutrition counseling,but does not include the more complex methods of nutrition support.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss some of the current trends and issues that will shape the future of health care.
Q3) List and describe several current health care cost containment measures.
Q4) Health maintenance organizations are examples of which type of health insurance plan?
A) Private, prepaid fee-for-service
B) Private, prepaid group provider system
C) Public, prepaid fee-for-service
D) Public, prepaid group contract insurance
Q5) Care delivered according to a _____ has been linked with _____ for the patient.
A) practice guideline, negative outcomes
B) practice guideline, unpredictable outcomes
C) protocol, positive outcomes
D) protocol, unpredictable outcomes
Q6) Describe some of the challenges related to health care reform in the U.S.
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Chapter 10: Food Insecurity and the Food Assistance Programs
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a key benefit of WIC?
A) Checks or vouchers for supplemental foods
B) Nutrition education
C) Referrals to health care services
D) Assistance with child care
Q2) The Older Americans Act Nutrition Program provides all of the following except
A) low-cost, nutritious food.
B) opportunities for social interaction.
C) vouchers to use to purchase foods in the grocery store.
D) nutrition education.
Q3) Describe the eligibility requirements to participate in the Older Americans Act Nutrition Program.
Q4) Examples of medically-based risks in determining eligibility for participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,Infants,and Children include all of the following except A) anemia.
B) overweight.
C) underweight.
D) maternal age.
Q5) Explain how food insecurity can lead to overweight and obesity.
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Chapter 11: Mothers and Infants: Nutrition
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Q1) Which of the following is not characteristic of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)?
A) EFNEP is designed specifically for nutrition education.
B) EFNEP is directed at low-income families.
C) EFNEP is implemented by dietitians.
D) EFNEP is administered by the USDA extension service.
Q2) Recommended weight gain during pregnancy for women who begin pregnancy at a healthful weight is now between _____ pounds.
A) 15 and 20
B) 15 and 25
C) 20 and 25
D) 25 and 35
Q3) Recipients may not participate in both WIC and CSFP.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Results from several cost-benefit analyses have shown that money spent on WIC services is well spent.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Children and Adolescents: Nutrition
Issues,Services,and Programs
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Q1) Iron-deficiency anemia is associated with all of the following except A) delayed growth.
B) impaired immune function.
C) enhanced cognitive function.
D) behavior changes.
Q2) Extreme weight-loss behaviors,such as vomiting,using laxatives,or taking diet pills,are a potential cause of undernutrition in adolescent girls.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss why undernutrition is a problem for some adolescent females in the United States.
Q4) The nutritional guidelines set forth for the School Breakfast Program are the same as those for the National School Lunch Program.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Children's eating habits have changed little over the past 20 years.
A)True
B)False
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Q6) What are three suggestions for building a more healthful school environment?
Chapter 13: Healthy Aging: Nutrition
Assessment,Services,and
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Q1) Though optimal nutrition contributes to healthy aging,approximately one-quarter of all elderly patients suffer from malnutrition.
A)True
B)False
Q2) As _____ prevention,nutrition helps promote health and affects the quality of life in older adults.
A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) essential
Q3) The older population is very heterogeneous in terms of their progression through the aging process.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The drugs most widely used by the elderly are those that treat A) arthritis pain.
B) gastrointestinal problems.
C) respiratory diseases.
D) cardiac disorders.
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Chapter 14: World Hunger and Food Insecurity: Challenges and Opportunities
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Q1) Discuss the reasons why women are more susceptible than men to food insecurity and undernutrition in developing countries.
Q2) Any solution to the problems of poverty and hunger is incomplete and hopeless if it fails to address the role of _____ in developing countries.
A) multinationals
B) religious leaders
C) political leaders
D) women
Q3) Food insecurity is a product of poverty resulting from the ways in which governments and businesses manage national and international economies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Multinational companies contribute to hunger through each of the following except A) through their advertising and marketing techniques.
B) by diverting acreage away from the traditional staples of local diets.
C) by contributing to problems of overpopulation.
D) by hiring poor people to work for them and then paying them a low wage.
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Chapter 15: Understanding and Achieving Behavior Change
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Q1) The stages of change theory assumes that individuals will pass through each stage in a linear fashion.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An intervention is a health promotion activity aimed at changing the behavior of a target population.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Select one of the theories or models presented in this chapter and apply it to your proposed seminar.
Q4) Of the following,which one does not promote self-efficacy?
A) Health belief model
B) Diffusion of innovation model
C) Theory of trying
D) Motivational interviewing
Q5) In motivational interviewing,the counselor takes the lead in the counseling session with the client answering questions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Gaining Cultural Competence in Community Nutrition
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Q1) All Americans,regardless of cultural background,have the same nutritional issues.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Our worldviews change with our different experiences.
A)True
B)False
Q3) All of the following are interdependent constructs of the cultural competency model developed by Campinha-Bacote except
A) cultural awareness.
B) cultural skill.
C) cultural knowledge.
D) cultural incapacity.
Q4) Rural Americans have lower rates of chronic illness and enjoy better overall health than those living in urban areas.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List six possible causes of health disparities.
Q6) Create a balanced,one-day meal plan for a man of Jewish faith.
Q7) Define cultural competency for community nutrition professionals.
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Chapter 17: Principles of Nutrition Education
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Q1) Differentiate between summative and formative evaluation.How are both important when planning and implementing nutrition education programs?
Q2) Asking adult learners open-ended questions will help facilitate their learning.
A)True
B)False
Q3) For adults,learning is an intentional,purposeful activity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the first component of writing a nutrition lesson?
A) Identify the major concept you are communicating.
B) Determine teaching strategies that will be used.
C) Write well-stated objectives.
D) Order doesn't matter as all are important components.
Q5) Differentiate between the approaches you would use in teaching children versus teaching adults.
Q6) What are some key questions that need to be answered when determining the content of lessons? Answer these questions based on this scenario.
Q7) What are some recommendations for teaching adult learners?
Q8) What is adult education?
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Chapter 18: Marketing Nutrition and Health Promotion
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Q1) Which of the following is not one of the four universal elements of marketing referred to as the marketing mix?
A) Place
B) Product
C) Price
D) Plan
Q2) Apply the four main components of social marketing to this scenario.
Q3) The purpose of marketing is to sell your product.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Breastfeeding promotion is an example of _____ marketing.
A) commercial
B) traditional
C) social
D) business
Q5) Societal trends have no bearing on marketing of nutrition programs.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Consumers can be categorized into three types.What are they? Provide an example for each type.
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Chapter 19: Managing Community Nutrition Programs
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Q1) How would an effective manager handle this issue?
Q2) Briefly discuss three potential roles for a community nutritionist within the controlling function of management.
Q3) Short-term planning that deals with specific actions,expenditures,and controls refers to _____ planning.
A) operational
B) functional C) strategic D) systems
Q4) As a manager,what are four things can you do to obtain peak performance from your employees?
Q5) Discuss some ways that you can provide constructive criticism to your employees during a performance appraisal interview.
Q6) List and briefly define the four functions of management.Explain how the problem in this scenario relates to one of those functions.
Q7) The operating budget is a statement of the financial plan for a program. A)True B)False
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Chapter 20: Building Grantsmanship Skills
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Q1) During which step of the grant writing process do you generate ideas,describe goals,and identify funding sources?
A) Laying the foundation
B) Building the grant proposal
C) Assembling the final product
D) Reviewing the grant proposal
Q2) What is meant by the term "chasing" grants? Why do successful grant writers not "chase" grants?
Q3) Which section of a grant proposal includes a clear,concise,and well-supported problem statement?
A) Abstract
B) Grant narrative
C) Needs statement
D) Project description
Q4) The most successful grant writers
A) are not up to date in their subject matter.
B) are not diversified in their areas of interest.
C) are not well informed about current trends and activities.
D) do not read key journals regularly.
Q5) How does a literature review assist the grant seeker in generating ideas?
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