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LEADERSHIP LECTURE SERIES What is the cost of nutrition?
Over the course of the program, interns will engage in a series of distance learning lectures from leaders in the private and nonprofit fields that will explore this question. The lecture series will touch upon on the importance of nutrition for different segments of the population and how we as a society can perpetuate a healthy society.
Lecture #1
October 10, 2008
3:30pm (ET)
The Power of Nutrition
Speaker: Orville Bigelow, Manager of Nutrition Services at Project Angel Food (www.angelfood.org) Project Angel Food is a meal delivery service that sends nourishing meals to homebound clients facing life threatening diseases. Mr. Bigelow is a Registered Dietitian (R.D.) and oversees a staff of dietitians and nutritionists that ensure the meals sent by Project Angel Food meet the dietary restrictions of the clients. The department also offers nutrition counseling to help clients improve their nutrition status.
Intern Blog Questions
• How do the definitions and measures of hunger and poverty currently used undermine or overstate the problem?
• How are access to food, nutrition interventions, and quality of health related?
• What are some of the long-term effects of nutrition on chronic hunger? Missed the lecture or want to hear it again? Listen here Download PowerPoint Here Lecture #2
October 31
12:00pm (ET)
Nutrition in Schools
Speaker: Katie Wilson, Ph.D, SNS, President School Nutrition Association. (www.schoolnutrition.org) Ms. Wilson, Director of School Nutrition for the Onalaska School District in Onalaska, Wis. and 61st president of the School Nutrition Association. Wilson began her career in school nutrition almost 20 years ago and currently serves as the Director of School Nutrition for the Onalaska School District in Onalaska, Wis. As President of SNA, Wilson is making the creation of national nutrition standards and uniformity in the school nutrition programs a primary focus. The School Nutrition Association (SNA) is a national, non-profit professional organization representing more than 55,000 members who provide high-quality, low-cost meals to students across the country. Founded in 1946, SNA is the only association devoted exclusively to protecting and enhancing children’s health and well being through school meals and sound nutrition education. Download SNA National Nutrition Standards Intern Blog Questions
• Has the impact of rising food prices affected nutrition for America’s public school students? If so, how?
• What role should nutrition have when it comes to the financial policies of a school?
• Do you think there should be a national standard for nutrition standards in schools? What should be the standard for a nutritious lunch meal? Does your local school district follow a standard of nutrition? Missed the lecture or want to hear it again? Listen Here Download PowerPoint Here Lecture #3
November 10, 2008
3:30pm (ET)
Case study: Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
Speaker: Charnay Henderson, Program Director Food and Friends (http://www.foodandfriends.org/) From humble beginnings in the basement of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, through the support of the community Food & Friends has grown to a national leader by which the standards for other nutrition services agencies are set. What began as lunch for one has become three meals a day for more than 1,300 individuals, six days a week. Over the past decade, Food & Friends has initiated new programs to meet the changing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS and other life-challenging illnesses in the Washington DC metropolitan community.
Intern Blog Questions (please submit your blog 1 week after the lecture)
• What does a healthy society mean?
• What is our responsibility to perpetuate a healthy society?
Missed the lecture or want to hear it again? Listen Here Download PowerPoint Here Lecture #4
Dec. 11
Time 4pm(ET)
Digital Opportunities Name
Speaker: DeNita Morris, Senior Health Producer, One Economy (www.one-economy.com) She has 12 years of experience in strategic Web site development, content creation and project management. With a special expertise in women’s health issues, she has a proven ability to deliver high impact, timely and informative tools, resources and publications which resonate online and offline. One Economy Corporation is a global nonprofit organization that uses innovative approaches to deliver the power of technology and information to low-income people, giving them valuable tools for building better lives. We help bring broadband into the homes of low-income people, employ youth to train their community members to use technology effectively, and provide public-purpose media properties that offer a wealth of information on education, jobs, health care and other vital issues. Our mission is to maximize the potential of technology to help low-income people improve their lives and enter the economic mainstream. The Beehive (http://www.thebeehive.org/) is an award-winning, multilingual Web portal that provides low-income individuals web-based tools and information about financial services, education, jobs, health care, and family. The site features topics that can help people raise their standard of living by accessing information and learning how to take action on issues that are important to them and can change their lives. Missed the lecture or want to hear it again? Listen Here Follow along with the powerpoint. Intern Blog Questions (please submit your blog 1 week after the lecture) Intern Blog Questions - What should be the role of media in nutrition education?
- In what ways can the internet and other media affect access to nutrition information?
- If you were to design a nutrition site on the internet, what topics would you include and why? How would you design the information to interact with the target audience?
- Name an effective health content website. What makes it an effective website?
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