Tools and Approaches to Optimizing Nutrition Education

This training will inform nutrition educators about the most effective
approaches to nutrition education based on current literature, in order to
develop the skills and plans necessary to implement these approaches. There are
nutrition education tools and approaches available to public health
professionals that can be used to improve the nutrition of families. The video
will demonstrate some of those tools and approaches and provide examples of
agencies already operating to provide effective nutrition education.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Learn strategies to make nutrition education more meaningful and
  effective in their communities.
• Identify and compare WIC nutrition education techniques.
• Identify the most effective educational approaches based on research findings.
• Describe recommendations for nutrition education.

 

Target Audience:  Allied Health
Professionals, Dietitians, Educators/ Trainers, Social Workers, Case Manager.

 

Duration:  ~ 35 minutes

 

Continuing Education Information:  0.5 CECH for CHES

CHES Provider number:  99036

Disclosures:  The
planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest

Format: Web-based Training,
Self-Study

 

Created/Updated:  2016

 

Author(s):  Yael Greenblatt,
M.S.