COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 798-803
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
School Health ◽  
Group Care ◽  
Dietary Counseling ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Nutrition Services ◽  
Nutrition And Diet ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
State And Local

COUNSELING on feeding and nutrition is one of the cornerstones of continuous health supervision of infants and children. It is to the family physician or pediatrician that many parents turn for guidance in relation to the feeding and nutritional problems of their children. It is he who promotes normal growth and development through teaching the mother since only by educating the mother will there be any insurance that the diet of her child is nutritionally sound. He is also concerned with nutrition and diet as an integral part of medical diagnosis and therapy. He has numerous opportunities to apply the concepts of nutrition in health promotion, in disease prevention, in the diagnosis of disease, treatment of disease, and in rehabilitation from chronic illness. The pediatrician's participation in community health services, such as well-child conferences and school health programs, frequently brings him into contact with municipal public health agencies. Such agencies often have many services available to help the pediatrician fulfil his role in promoting and maintaining the nutritional health of his patients and their families. Nutrition services provided by state and local departments of health are directed primarily toward meeting the needs of specific groups, although at times the "group" may be the entire community. Efforts in nutrition counseling relate to those groups toward which specific health department activity is directed, e.g., expectant mothers, infants, children with handicapping conditions, children in day-care or other group-care settings, and many others with special requirements. Pediatricians can look to public health agencies for a variety of nutrition services such as consultation on nutrition, dietary counseling services for patients, diagnostic nutrition services, provision of special dietary products, dietary consultation to hospitals and other group-care facilities, and nutrition education materials for their own reference as well as for use by their patients.

Use of syndromic surveillance data to monitor poisonings and drug overdoses in state and local public health agencies

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. i43-i49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Ising ◽  
Scott Proescholdbell ◽  
Katherine J Harmon ◽  
Nidhi Sachdeva ◽  
Stephen W Marshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Surveillance Data ◽  
Local Public Health ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
Drug Overdoses ◽  
State And Local

Opportunities to Improve Employee Satisfaction Within State and Local Public Health Agencies

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 440-447
Author(s):  
Janna M. Wisniewski ◽  
Corey Jacinto ◽  
Valerie A. Yeager ◽  
Brian Castrucci ◽  
Theresa Chapple-McGruder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Local Public Health ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
State And Local

scholarly journals Intent to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19: Low levels of trust in public health agencies trust across rural communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enbal Shacham ◽  
Germysha Little ◽  
Steve Scroggins ◽  
Avery Fredman ◽  
Ricardo Wray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Local Public Health ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
State And Local

Background: A COVID-19 vaccination for children is positioned to be a critical resource in the pandemic-prevention effort. However, studies have shown hesitation towards COVID-19 vaccination uptake and a lack of trust in government agencies; putting children at risk for not receiving preventative medical care. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between trust in public health agencies and parental intention to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Methods: Residents of a Midwestern state who reported being parent/guardian of one or more child, aged <18 living at home, were recruited to participate in a cross-sectional online survey conducted during September-October 2020 (n=238). Participants were asked their level of trust in both state and local public health departments and if they planned on vaccinating their children against COVID-19. Resident geography, rural, suburban, and urban, was categorized using definitions from the Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA) and matched to participant county of residence. Descriptive and binomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to predict probability of vaccine intent for children.Results:. Among participants, 132 (55.5%) reported intention to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Factors that were found to significantly decrease probability of vaccinating child were being a rural resident and lower level of trust in both state and local public health agencies. Discussion: Results from this study highlight the importance of addressing public health agency mistrust among individuals, regardless of geography, to assure more equitable vaccine delivery. Further, special focus may be needed for those living in more isolated, less populated areas, where a higher level of trust may be needed before parents vaccinate their children.

The Role of Public Health Agencies in Convening Partnerships and Collaborations to Respond to the Opioid Crisis

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-158
Author(s):  
Philicia Tucker ◽  
Michael R. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
State And Local ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Goals And Objectives

This chapter presents the role that public health agencies play as leaders and/or conveners of partnerships and collaborations in responding to the opioid epidemic at the state and local levels. “Partnership” is defined as a continuum of relationships between two or more entities ranging from informal engagement around topics of interest to formal, structured memoranda of understanding or contracts that govern resource exchange, the various roles and responsibilities of the partners, and performance metrics or other accountability metrics. The work of partnerships around opioid use and addiction requires intentional engagement of a variety of groups, many of whom have not traditionally worked with public health agencies before. Examples of various partners and their roles in ending the crisis are presented. The chapter includes a discussion of what makes for successful partnerships and key considerations when engaging collaborators in developing shared goals and objectives.

Survey of nutritionists in state and local public health agencies

1986 ◽  
Vol 86 (11) ◽  
pp. 1566-1570
Author(s):  
Mildred Kaufman ◽  
Jerianne Heimendinger ◽  
Susan Foerster ◽  
Mary Ann Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Local Public Health ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
State And Local

Promoting Social Justice Through Public Health Practice

2019 ◽  
pp. 481-494
Author(s):  
Alonzo L. Plough ◽  
Priya Gandhi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Philanthropic Organizations ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
State And Local

This chapter describes the need to make social justice a goal of public health practice. The chapter discusses the roles of public health agencies at the federal, state, and local levels as well as the roles of philanthropic organizations, using the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as an illustrative example. It is necessary for health departments to develop social justice strategies that link health disparities to root causes in the political economy and develop policy changes and social actions to create fundamental changes in these root causes. The author asserts that for public health practice to better address social injustice, there will need to be a fundamental shift in the core (or essential) functions of public health.

scholarly journals Communication Between Infectious Disease Physicians and US State and Local Public Health Agencies

2016 ◽  
Vol 131 (5) ◽  
pp. 666-670
Author(s):  
Scott Santibañez ◽  
Philip M. Polgreen ◽  
Susan E. Beekmann ◽  
Catherine Cairns ◽  
Gregory A. Filice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Local Public Health ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
State And Local

scholarly journals Sars-Cov-2 Wastewater Surveillance for Public Health Action: Connecting Perspectives From Wastewater Researchers and Public Health Officials During a Global Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill McClary-Gutierrez ◽  
Mia Mattioli ◽  
Perrine Marcenac ◽  
Andrea Silverman ◽  
Alexandria Boehm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Microbiology ◽  
Surveillance Data ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Public Health Action ◽  
Local Public Health ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
State And Local

Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 has garnered extensive public attention during the COVID-19 pandemic as a proposed complement to existing disease surveillance systems. Over the past year, environmental microbiology and engineering researchers have advanced methods for detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in untreated sewage and demonstrated that the trends in wastewater are correlated with trends in cases reported days to weeks later depending on the location. At the start of the pandemic, the virus was also detected in wastewater in locations prior to known cases. Despite the promise of wastewater surveillance, for these measurements to translate into useful public health tools, it is necessary to bridge the barriers between researchers and the public health responders who will ultimately use the data. Here we describe the key uses, barriers, and applicability of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance for supporting public health decisions and actions. This perspective was formed from a multidisciplinary group of environmental microbiology, engineering, wastewater, and public health experts, as well as from opinions shared during three focus group discussions with officials from ten state and local public health agencies. The key barriers to use of wastewater surveillance data identified were: (1) As a new data source, most public health agencies are not yet comfortable interpreting wastewater data; (2) Public health agencies want to see SARS-CoV-2 wastewater data in their own communities to gain confidence in its utility; (3) New institutional knowledge and increased capacity is likely needed to sustain wastewater surveillance systems; and (4) The ethics of wastewater surveillance data collection, sharing, and use are not yet established. Overall, while wastewater surveillance to assess community infections is not a new idea, by addressing these barriers, the COVID-19 pandemic may be the initiating event that turns this emerging public health tool into a sustainable nationwide surveillance system.

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