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Nutrition Education And Counseling (Nutr 420) City As Classroom Project Report, Jule Anne Henstenburg Ms, Rd, Ldn
Nutrition Education And Counseling (Nutr 420) City As Classroom Project Report, Jule Anne Henstenburg Ms, Rd, Ldn
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Nutrition Education and Counseling (Nutrition 420) is a senior-level nutrition course for students to develop and demonstrate counseling skills, education methods, and communication strategies for effective health behavior change. As part of the City and Region initiative, the course focused on cultural diversity and health disparities in a senior population of Philadelphia.
Students conducted nutrition counseling and education sessions with seniors who were of Asian, African, and Eastern European decent at the Nationalities Senior Center in Philadelphia. The instructor divided the class into groups of three and used a public-health approach from Senior and Cultural Food Pyramid Models to provide …