scholarly journals Implementing Service Learning: From Nutrition Education into Community Action

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lana Zinger ◽  
Alicia Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Grocery Store ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nutrition Educators

Service learning integrates academic learning and relevant community service with classroom instruction, focusing on critical, reflective thinking and personal civic responsibility. Through a grant, community college students were provided with grocery store vouchers to purchase unfamiliar, healthy foods. Students were taken on an educational “tour” of a local supermarket and were shown how to grocery shop according to dietary guidelines.  Students then engaged in service learning by going out into their communities where they acted as nutrition educators and taught community members skills they initially learned.  As a result of this project, students reported success in applying the knowledge and skills learned from one setting to another.  By engaging in service learning, students also reported improved nutrition knowledge and overall confidence with the subject matter. 

Urban Design Build: The Frederick Douglass Peace Park - Community-Based Learning Through Making

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
Anna Grichting ◽  
Kyle Sturgeon
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Service Learning Projects

By way of its uniquely concurrent practice + academic learning model, the Boston Architectural College (BAC) has begun a thriving tradition of community engagement through design. This paper uncovers how design/build formats -cast as a service-learning projects - have the potential to foster profound student learning opportunities, improve the urban environment through design engagement and community action, and inform architectural accreditation. Though exceptionally rewarding, the design/build model is not without challenges. The authors utilize their unique perspectives as design educators and community members to deliver both a narrative account and critical analysis for a case study of one such learning model. The Frederick Douglas Peace Park project, conducted in 2008 as part of the authors’ Urban Design Build (UDB) format is an example of a grassroots initiative met with the support of an institution of design education. The project revitalizes a neglected neighborhood by activating forgotten space - rebuilding a sense of community and creating a place of memorial for a much-revered American Civil Rights Activist. Emanating from Grichting’s neighborhood peace park, Sturgeon’s UDB project extended grassroots momentum to community event programming and served as a catalyst for additional reclamation projects: a string of public spaces and the rehabilitation of a community center once on the verge of being torn down and privatized.

scholarly journals Nutrition Intervention as Service Learning: Silliman University’s Indigenous Food Security in Philippine High Risk Calamity Areas

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 01020
Author(s):  
Michele Aclaro-Naranjo ◽  
Alvyn Klein Alpuerto Mana-ay ◽  
Jin Honculada-Genove ◽  
Ruth Ann Sumili Entea
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Food Preservation ◽  
Nutrition Intervention ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Major Activity

Hunger is a major concern in times of disaster and it can result in malnutrition. Hence, food becomes the most important immediate need in times of disaster. As a result of climate change, the Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone areas in the world. Disaster preparedness is a challenge that everyone in the Philippines must address. A collaborative effort between Silliman University Nutrition and Dietetics Department- through Service-Learning and the local government units became a means to reduce social inequalities in disastrous situations. The goal of this project was to immerse students in a community to prepare selected community members to cope with emergency nutritional needs, and to teach them food preservation techniques using available indigenous foods. The program carried out lectures on nutrition education and calamity awareness. These included seminars, workshops, cooking demonstrations and backyard gardening, food preservation for consumption during calamities was the major activity of this project. The community members were taught how to nourish themselves within 48 h during disasters using the skills they learned. This project contributed to students‟ whole person education through service-learning by developing in them the values of empathy, concern to others, volunteerism, and strong community engagement with local government units.

Incorporating Explanatory Models in Planning Nutrition Education Programmes in Thailand

1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bencha Yoddumnern-Attig ◽  
George A. Attig ◽  
Uraiwan Kanungsukkasem
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Message Strategy ◽  
Specific Outcome ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
Promotional Message ◽  
Nutrition Educators

An intersectoral child development services project is being undertaken in Thailand to develp a model process for providing age appropriate care and education to rural children through an integrated programme of nutrition, health and educational services designed to meet community needs and perceptions. Using behavioral analysis and explanatory models, project results show that the effectiveness of nutrition education can be facilitated by (1) recognizing the family as the unit of service, (2) focusing on solutions rather than problems, (3) using a two-stage promotional message strategy to encourage better child caretaking, and (4) viewing potential new practices as behavioral processes, rather than single entities aimed at a specific outcome. Program planning should also include the successive construction and analysis of community-based explanatory models which justify people's nutrition and health behaviors. The ultimate aim is to identify differences between explanatory models held by community members and health/nutrition educators, negotiate this conflict, and thereafter develop more practical and realistic methods for modifying behavior.

Operation Teddy

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Lyndall Ellingson
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Prevention Education ◽  
Hiv Aids

Current adolescent HIV infection rates support the need for early HIV/AIDS prevention education. This article describes a successful service-learning project in which undergraduate health education students developed and taught an elementaryschool HIV/AIDS prevention education curriculum that included a compassion component involving donation of teddy bears to community members affected with HIV/AIDS.

The functionality and quality of nutrition-related mobile applications in China (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Li ◽  
Jingmin Ding ◽  
Yishan Wang ◽  
Chengyao Tang ◽  
Puhong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Disease Management ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Diet Analysis ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Food Record

BACKGROUND There are an increasing number of mobile applications that provide dietary guidance in supporting healthy lifestyle and disease management. However, the characteristics of these nutrition-related apps are not well analyzed. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the functionality and quality of nutrition-related apps in China. METHODS Mobile apps providing dietary guidance were screened in Chinese iOS and android app stores using stepwise searching criteria in November 2017. Primary review was conducted by extracting information from the description of apps. Free apps that contain all the information of diet and nutrition, with the last update after 1st Jan 2016 were downloaded for further analysis on the nutritional functionality features based on the framework of Chinese Dietary Guidelines and on the market related features as well. The user version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS) was used to assess the quality of apps. RESULTS Among the 44 downloaded nutrition-related apps screened from 628 apps with dietary guidance content, only 11(25%) were aimed exclusively for dietary guidance, the others were aimed for fitness guidance (17, 39%), disease management (11, 25%) and maternal health (5, 11%) respectively. The nutritional functionalities of the 44 apps included nutritional information enquiry (40, 91%), nutrition education (35, 80%), food record (34, 77%), diet analysis (34, 77%), and personalized recipes (21, 48%). Twelve out of 44 apps contained all of the above five nutrition related functionalities. The diet analysis and suggestions were mainly focused on energy (33/44, 75%), less on other factors like dietary structure (10/44, 23%). About 96% (42/44) of the apps provided social communication functionality and 59% (26/44) of the apps supported user incentives. Eight out of 44 apps (18%) also applied intelligent recognition technology. Using 5-point uMARS as scales of quality, the median scores of the 44 apps was 3.6 (IQR = 0.7). CONCLUSIONS Most nutrition-related apps are developed in the service of health management other than for dietary guidance exclusively. Although basic energy balance theory was generally applied, the nutritional functionality of the nutrition-related apps is relatively limited and not individualized. More efforts should be taken to integrate with the scientific nutritional knowledge and innovative technology in developing an app followed with complete and personalized dietary guidance.

scholarly journals Food intake in Slovenian adolescents and adherence to the Optimized Mixed Diet: a nationally representative study

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Kobe ◽  
Matevž Štimec ◽  
Cirila Hlastan Ribič ◽  
Nataša Fidler Mis
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Mixed Diet ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Eating Pattern ◽  
Representative Study ◽  
Geographical Regions

AbstractObjectivesTo investigate the food intake of Slovenian adolescents and to compare it with food-based dietary guidelines developed for children and adolescents, named the Optimized Mixed Diet (OMD). The OMD is a useful tool for the evaluation of food intake of adolescents.DesignAll adolescents completed an FFQ at a regional health centre; a subgroup also completed a 3 d weighed dietary protocol at home.SettingThis study is a part of the first national representative study on the dietary habits of Slovenian adolescents.SubjectsThis cross-sectional study included a representative sample of 2813 Slovenian adolescents entering high school, aged 14–17 years, from all ten geographical regions of Slovenia.ResultsThe greatest deviations from the recommended intakes of the main food groups in the OMD were significantly lower intakes of (P < 0·001, mean): vegetables (179 and 163 g/d in boys and girls, respectively), bread/cereals (271 and 226 g/d), potatoes/rice/pasta (212 and 163 g/d); in boys also a significantly lower intake of fruits (mean: 321 g/d, P < 0·001) and a significantly higher intake of meat/meat products (mean: 126 g/d, P < 0·001). Additionally, the results show too high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and too low intakes of fish and plant oils in both genders.ConclusionsThe food intake pattern of Slovenian adolescents deviates markedly from a healthy eating pattern. Nutrition education and interventions are needed for Slovenian adolescents.

scholarly journals The Community Champions Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Sophie R. Mintz ◽  
Chantal A. Low ◽  
Ian J. McCurry ◽  
Terri H. Lipman
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Community Members ◽  
School Of Nursing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
The University

The Community Champions program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing provides motivated nursing students with opportunities to partner with the greater Philadelphia community and engage in hands-on learning. With several thriving initiatives, students participate in service learning outside of the classroom, which ultimately strengthens their nursing and leadership skills. Students work to improve health and health education for people of all ages. These experiences help nursing students better understand the social determinants of health and how they impact community members. Dedicated faculty members assist in guiding the students, who work collaboratively to exchange ideas and methods. This program not only has an effect on the community, but also has a profound impact on the students that participate.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document