Community Nutrition in Action, 8th Edition

Marie A. Boyle

Copyright 2022
{{checkPublicationMessage('Published', '2021-02-02T00:00:00+0000')}}

Starting At £51.50 See pricing and ISBN options

Instructor Next Steps

Students: Buy now

Community Nutrition in Action 8th Edition by Marie A. Boyle

Quick Navigation

Overview
Meet the Author
What's New
Features
Table of Contents
Pricing

Overview

COMMUNITY NUTRITION IN ACTION introduces the program planning, policies, resources, and nutrition issues specific to community nutrition. It helps students learn how to create and implement nutrition programs for a range of constituencies, including elderly populations, children, impoverished populations, and college students. This inspiring and practical book encourages readers to take risks, try new technologies, and use fresh approaches to help improve the public’s nutrition and health status. 'Community Nutrition' also delivers core material important to those who will be active in solving community nutritional and health problems, including program delivery, nutrition education, ...

Meet the Authors

{{collapseContainerClosed['meet-the-author'] ? 'Show More' : 'Show Less'}}

Marie A. Boyle

Dr. Marie Boyle received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Southern Maine and her M.S. and Ph.D. in nutrition from Florida State University. She is author of PERSONAL NUTRITION and COMMUNITY NUTRITION IN ACTION. Dr. Boyle is a Professor in the Foods and Nutrition Department at Saint Elizabeth University in Morristown, New Jersey. She also teaches online graduate courses in applied nutrition at the University of New England in Portland, Maine. Her other professional activities include membership in the American Public Health Association, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. She also serves as editor-in-chief of the "Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition" from Taylor & Francis Publishers.

What's New

{{collapseContainerClosed['whats-new'] ? 'Show More' : 'Show Less'}}

New cases have been added to the chapter-ending "Case Study" sections, which include a scenario and identifiable learning outcomes, and ask students to complete a series of steps to reinforce their understanding of chapter topics.
New topics in the “Professional Focus” features allow students to apply their real-world skills to subjects such as environmental nutrition, international dietary guidelines addressing food waste, the use of social media in advocacy work and the new Code of Ethics for the nutrition and dietetics profession.
New Program Planning Tools, such as the RE-AIM framework, help students prepare for program planning and evaluation in community-based settings.
All-new full color photos leverage the power of storytelling to demonstrate that food insecurity, the obesity epidemic and other pressing public health issues are challenges facing all communities; that critical investments are needed in the federal nutrition assistance programs and in healthcare; and that grassroots solutions exist to alleviate the effects of poverty, health disparities, and chronic diseases.

Features

{{collapseContainerClosed['features'] ? 'Show More' : 'Show Less'}}

Clear, concise coverage in Chapter 5 provides a step-by-step analysis of the community needs assessment process, describing the types and sources of data collected about the community, the reasons people eat what they eat, and the questions asked in obtaining information about target populations, including diet assessment methods.
“Think Like a Community Nutritionist” features provide questions and activities to help students think analytically and critically about chapter topics, challenging them to step into the role of a community nutritionist to further explore scenarios they may encounter in the field.
An appendix provides sample community needs assessment assignments, including one completed by students at California State University Long Beach.
"Programs in Action" boxes spotlight successful community nutrition programs such as HIV/AIDS, childhood obesity, behaviorally focused nutrition education programs for children, osteoporosis prevention for female athletes, and farm-to-school initiatives.
Chapter-ending learning aids, including Chapter Summaries, Summary Questions, and Internet Resources, enable students to study, self-test, and further explore chapter topics.
Full-color endsheets display the DRIs, MyPlate food guidance system, Body Mass Index table, and the latest Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.

{{collapseContainerClosed['table-of-contents'] ? 'Show More' : 'Show Less'}}

Preface.
SECTION ONE: COMMUNITY NUTRITIONISTS IN ACTION: WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.
1. Opportunities in Community Nutrition.
2. Principles of Epidemiology.
3. A National Nutrition Agenda for the Public’s Health.
4. Understanding and Achieving Behavior Change.
5. Community Needs Assessment.
6. Program Planning for Success.
7. The Art and Science of Policymaking.
8. Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: An Issue for Public Health Policy.
9. Health Care Systems and Policy.
SECTION TWO: COMMUNITY NUTRITIONISTS IN ACTION: NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
10. Food Insecurity and the Food Assistance Programs.
11. Mothers and Infants: Nutrition Assessment, Services, and Programs.
12. Children and Adolescents: Nutrition Issues, Services, and Programs.
13. Healthy Aging: Nutrition Assessment, Services, and Programs.
14. Global Food and Nutrition Security: Challenges and Opportunities.
SECTION THREE: COMMUNITY NUTRITIONISTS IN ACTION: DELIVERING NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS.
15. Gaining Cultural Competence in Community Nutrition.
16. Principles of Nutrition Education.
17. Marketing Nutrition and Health Promotion.
18. Managing Community Nutrition Programs.
19. Building Grantsmanship Skills.
Appendixes.
Index.