Question 1: You are the Community Dietitian for the local public health agency. Recent news coverage has highlighted the state of food insecurity and child hunger in your county. Initial reports indicate that 15% of the population is food insecure. Of this group, 28.4% are children. It is estimated that 86% of the food insecure population is eligible for federal nutrition assistance. You are asked to conduct a community needs assessment and, ultimately, develop an appropriate intervention aimed at reducing hunger. First, however, you must submit a plan for the needs assessment. Complete the following: 1. State the nutritional problem (10 pts) 2. Set the parameters of the assessment (20 pts, 5 pts per bullet) A. State the purpose of the assessment B. Identify the community and target population for this assessment C. Develop 2 goals and 2 SMART objectives for each goal D. Discuss the major categories of community data and target population data E. Specify the types of data you might gather for the needs assessment F. What tools would you use to collect these data? 3. In analyzing the data, what steps are taken to make a nutrition diagnosis? (10 pts) 4. Identify stakeholders that would be interested in the findings of this needs assessment (20 pts) Your Answer: 1. Nutritional problem- food insecurity among 28.4% of children within the population. 2. The parameters of the assesment could be children in ABQ NM that are under the age of 17, primarily hispanics. € A. The purpose of the assessment would be to get a more accurate and up close data of food insecurity and child hunger. • What can be done? • What do we need to know? • Educating parents on where to find food banks and how to apply for SNAP benefits. B. ABQ NM hispanic children under the age of 17. C. Help parents find local food banks and apply for SNAP benefits (Goal- Within the first 1-2 hours of meeting them). D. Community data could be ABQ schools with children with higher food insecurity and could be selected elementary, middle, and high schools. E. Types of data I could gather would be how often do children eat, are they ever hunger constantly, and do their parents cook at home. F. Tools I would use would mostly be a survey and talking to parents. 闫

Question 1: You are the Community Dietitian for the local public health agency. Recent news coverage has highlighted the state of food insecurity and child hunger in your county. Initial reports indicate that 15% of the population is food insecure. Of this group, 28.4% are children. It is estimated that 86% of the food insecure population is eligible for federal nutrition assistance. You are asked to conduct a community needs assessment and, ultimately, develop an appropriate intervention aimed at reducing hunger. First, however, you must submit a plan for the needs assessment. Complete the following: 1. State the nutritional problem (10 pts) 2. Set the parameters of the assessment (20 pts, 5 pts per bullet) A. State the purpose of the assessment B. Identify the community and target population for this assessment C. Develop 2 goals and 2 SMART objectives for each goal D. Discuss the major categories of community data and target population data E. Specify the types of data you might gather for the needs assessment F. What tools would you use to collect these data? 3. In analyzing the data, what steps are taken to make a nutrition diagnosis? (10 pts) 4. Identify stakeholders that would be interested in the findings of this needs assessment (20 pts) Your Answer: 1. Nutritional problem- food insecurity among 28.4% of children within the population. 2. The parameters of the assesment could be children in ABQ NM that are under the age of 17, primarily hispanics. € A. The purpose of the assessment would be to get a more accurate and up close data of food insecurity and child hunger. • What can be done? • What do we need to know? • Educating parents on where to find food banks and how to apply for SNAP benefits. B. ABQ NM hispanic children under the age of 17. C. Help parents find local food banks and apply for SNAP benefits (Goal- Within the first 1-2 hours of meeting them). D. Community data could be ABQ schools with children with higher food insecurity and could be selected elementary, middle, and high schools. E. Types of data I could gather would be how often do children eat, are they ever hunger constantly, and do their parents cook at home. F. Tools I would use would mostly be a survey and talking to parents. 闫

Nutrition Now

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337415408

Author:Brown

Publisher:Brown

Chapter5: Nutrition, Attitudes, And Behavior

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 12RQ

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