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HOEC 105

Clinical & Community Nutrition

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Part II of HOEC 105 "Community Nutrition"
Tuesday, February 28 to Thursday, April 12 - 12 class meetings

CRN #32363, 4 units

Instructor: Lisa Yamashiro, MEd, RD
Contact Info:  lisa.yamashiro@mail.ccsf.edu
Class meeting time & location:  T and Th, 9-11:45 a.m., Room 103 at John Adams Campus, 1860 Hayes St.
Office Hours: before class on T & Th, or by appointment

A two-part course that focuses on the principles of medical nutrition therapy and nutrition applications in public health.  The Clinical Nutrition portion will discuss effects of diseases and disorders on nutrition and examines how diet therapy by itself, or along with other treatment modalities promotes recovery and achievement of optimal nutritional status.  The Community Nutrition component covers basic skills in delivery of nutrition services in community health settings with emphasis on nutrition education.

Instructor Biography:
Lisa Yamashiro, MEd, RD
Lisa has practical work experience in nutrition education, community nutrition, and food service management having worked with several multicultural Senior Nutrition Programs (Kimochi, Filipino-American Council, Centro Latino de San Francisco) and the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) in San Francisco/San Mateo Counties.  At UCCE (1999-2007) she provided oversight for the federally-funded Food Stamp Nutrition Education Programs (FSNEP) for adults and youth, and the Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) targeting limited resource families. She led and mentored an innovative team of nutrition educators, and enjoyed serving as a preceptor for many dietetic and Nutrition Assistant Program interns.  Lisa teaches the Community Nutrition portion of HOEC 105 course.

PREREQUISITES

HOEC 99; Acceptance to Nutrition Assistant Program and maintenance of a satisfactory academic performance.

TEXTBOOKS

Supplemental handouts and resources provided by instructors.
NOTE: Please be sure to have a 3-ring binder to keep all these materials in order.

"From Telling to Teaching - A Dialogue Approach to Adult Learning" by Joye A. Norris, Ed.D., 2003 (ISBN 0-9729617-0-4).  Need to have a copy of this book by end of February.  Available from CCSF Bookstore at John Adams Campus.

California Food Guide. Sacramento, California: California Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Public Health; 2008.  Available at http://www.cafoodguide.ca.gov.  (Download and print out Chapters 1, 15, 21, 25 - Introduction, Physical Activity, Body Weight, Hunger & Food Insecurity)

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SYLLABUS & Course Materials

Syllabus, Community Nutrition- uploaded 2/5/12

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Education Class:  As part of the Community Nutrition class project, pairs of NA students will teach one Consumer Education class during the spring semester to older adults at Canon Kip Senior Center (Fridays 9:00-noon; April 13, 20; May 4, 11, 18) OR Golden Gate Park Senior Center (Mondays 1:00-4:00; April 9, 16, 23, 30; May 7) under the supervision of faculty RD instructor Lisa Yamashiro.

Tuesday, February 28 Field Experience Orientation

Thursday, March 1
10:30 a.m.

Robyn Sakamoto, MPH, RD, Alameda County Nutrition Services
Thursday, March 15
10:30 a.m.
Linda Lau, MPH, RD
San Francisco Department of Aging & Adult Services, Office on the Aging
Tuesday, March 20
10:30 a.m.

Mike Riess, Executive Assistant
San Francisco Food Bank
"Hunger 101 Workshop"

Thursday, March 22
10:30 a.m.

Tracey Patterson, MPH, Food Systems Coordinator, Southeast Food Access (SEFA) Shape Up San Francisco, San Francisco Dept of Public Health, Community Health Promotion & Prevention

Tuesday, April 3
9:15 a.m.

Mark Elkin, Nutrition Education Project Coordinator
San Francisco Unified School District, Student Support Services Department, Nutrition Education Project

Thursday, April 5
10:30 a.m.

Leo O'Farrell, CalFresh Program Director, San Francisco Human Services Agency, or Taninha Ferreira, Analyst
www.benefitsSF.org

COURSE RESOURCES

2-1-1 Bay Area (Link)
Bay Area Nutrition & Physical Activity Collaborative (BANPAC) (Link)
California Food Policy Advocates (Link)
California Healthy Kids Resource Center (Link)
Center for Screen Time Awareness (Link)

Champions for Change - Network for a Healthy California (Link)
Facilitated Dialogue Basics: A Self-Study Guide for Nutrition Educators "Let's Dance" (PDF file)
Food Research and Action Center (Link)
Health Literacy Summit Website (Link)
Let's Move (link to First Lady Michelle Obama's national campaign on childhood obesity)
Nutrition.gov of the National Agricultural Library, USDA (Link)
Sports4Kids (Link)

San Francisco Food Security Task Force Annual Report, Nov 2010 "Hunger & Food Insecurity on the Rise in San Francisco"(PDF file)
San Francisco Food Website
(Link) - the City's resource to better connect our community to a healthy food system.
San Francisco Food, Nutrition & Agriculture Directory, 4th edition, 2008 (PDF file)
San Francisco's Federal Nutrition Programs brochure, developed by the SF County Nutrition Action Plan Committee, 2007 (PDF file)



NUTRITION EDUCATION RESOURCES:
American Institute for Cancer Research (Link)
Dannon Institute (Celebrate Healthy Eating modules for pre-K) (Link)
Eat Smart Play Hard (Link)
FDA Office for Women's Health (Link) - FREE fact sheets on variety of health topics
FNIC Older Adults Nutrition Resource List (PDF file)
SNAP-Ed Connection (Link) USDA's Food & Nutrition Information Center
Harvest of the Month (Link)
"Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults", 2006, curriculum by the National Council on Aging-Center for Healthy Aging (Link)
MyPyramid.gov (Link)
NIH Senior Health (Link) - great source for handouts, health/wellness info for older adults
NOAHnet (Nutrition for Older Adults' Health) (Link)
Soda Free Summer (LinK)
University of Illinois Extension (Link)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension (Link)
USDA Team Nutrition (Link)

ONLINE LEARNING MODULES or Web-videos:
Marion Nestle "Food Politics:  Personal Responsibility or Social Responsibility?" (You Tube webvideo, ~1 hr)
Dr. Toni Yancey "Instant Recess" (Link to video/audio "Instant Recess")
Gramercy Research Group (Link to more Instant Recess, sign-up FREE)
Healthy People 2020 (web video)
Lunch Love Community (webisode videos about school lunch reform in Berkeley Unified School District)
Nourish, Food + Community (Link to website & webvideo clips)
"Supersizing Our Kids" KVIE Public Television (web video)

Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, "Making America Stronger: US Food Stamp Program" (web video)
40th Anniversary of USDA's Food & Nutrition Services (web video)
Children & Food Insecurity (Link) - free online course (~1 hour)
"Unnatural Causes...is inequality making us sick?", PBS documentary,
2008 (Link)

Loving Your Family Feeding Their Future (Link)
Need to Know on PBS - Ahead of the Class (Link)
SFUSD Salad Bars "Tomatoes, Romaine, & Carrots - Oh My" (You Tube video link)
WIC Learning Online (Link)

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