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Nutrition

Washington

National

Washington State

Nutrition and Oral Health Distance Learning Curricula for CSHCN

Developed by the UW Center on Human Development and Disability and other members of the PacWest Maternal and Child Health Distance Learning Network

http://depts.washington.edu/pwdlearn/oral.htm

Nutrition for Children with Special Health Care Needs in Washington State Website

Collaboration between the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program in the Department of Health, and the Center on Human Development and Disability at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Registered dietitians, nurses, primary care providers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, educators, social workers, and others working with the pediatric special needs population will find useful information, available services, resources, publications, and links to related Web sites.

• Links to the CSHCN Nutrition Network, a statewide network of 100+ dieticians and nutritionists with special training in nutrition for CSHCN
• Links to the WA Community Feeding Teams...

http://depts.washington.edu/cshcnnut/

Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Needs

This guide was produced by the Washington State CSHCN Nutrition Network. The main purpose of this tool is to provide a resource for those involved in the monitoring or delivery of nutritional care for children with special health care needs. It is intended to serve as a framework for developing and providing nutritional screening, assessment and intervention as routine components of comprehensive health care for children with disabilities or chronic illnesses. The guide is divided into (3) sections:

1. Determination of Nutritional Status - Screening and Assessment along with steps to take in developing a nutritional care plan.
2. Problem Based Nutrition Intervention - Addressing nutrition related problems
3. Condition Specific Nutrition Interventions - Nutrition management related to specific diagnosis and conditions that have strong nutrition components.

Center for Public Health Nutrition, University of Washington

Website has many state and national resources  for nutrition and physical activity.  Center activities include supporting community-based participatory research through community grants to improve the nutrition and physical activity status of children and adolescents in Washington State, educating practioners and Washington State residents about important food and nutrition issues, providing technical assistance to government, community and advocacy groups with regard to food and nutrition policy, sponsoring and co-sponsoring public health events, trainings, and workshops, and engaging in public health nutrition research.
http://depts.washington.edu/uwcphn/

Adolescent Nutrition

Information on Adolescent nutrition and eating disorders.

Website from the Maternal Child Health Program,
School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington.  
http://faculty.washington.edu/jrees/adolescentnutrition.html

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National

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Growth Charts for Children with Special Health Care Needs

• Training Module from the US Maternal and Child Health Bureau,

  http://depts.washington.edu/growth/cshcn/text/contents.htm

• List of other Growth Chart and Nutrition Training Modules

  http://depts.washington.edu/growth/index.htm

National Center of Medical Home Initatives for Children with Special Needs

• Links to Nutrition Resources for Providers and Families

  www.medicalhomeinfo.org/health/nutrition.html

• Links to Nutrition Publications for Providers and Families

  www.medicalhomeinfo.org/publications/Nutrition.html

Knowlege Path: Overweight in Children and Adolescents

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health - Georgetown University

www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_overweight.html

Childhood Obesity-- Advancing Effective Prevention and Treatment: An Overview for Health Professionals

The National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Educational Foundation

http://nihcm.org/pdf/ChildObesityOverview.pdf

American Obesity Association

Childhood Obesity

www.obesity.org/resources-for/childhood-overweight.htm

Reducing Risk of Childhood Overweight Among Immigrant Families from Asia

Brochures in multiple Asian languages from the Center for Weight and Height, Univ. of California, Berkeley School of Public Health

http://nature.berkeley.edu/cwh/activities/asian_lang_publications.shtml

 

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