We had a guest speaker yesterday; he visited from the National Dairy Council's American Dairy Association Mideast division, which is based in Columbus. The details:
Name: Mike Simienski
Agency: American Dairy Association
Funding Source/ Program Type: Affiliated with the Nat'l Dairy Council; paycheck comes from the milk farmers and Dairy Check-Off (for every 100 lbs milk sold, council receives $0.15)
Purpose/Mission: There are 4 categories of nutrition communication- health professionals, food service and retail, NFL/ corporate sports promotions, and schools and media.
Goals include to promote nutrition education and health through dairy, targeted mostly to kids and their lifestyles. Promotions include "staying healthy on the run," which focuses on healthy snacking in a busy lifestyle.
Program Plans, Monitoring, and Evaluation: Dairy Management Inc. oversees all, and is essentially a huge umbrella. Under this comes the National Dairy Council, US Dairy Export Council, and American Dairy Association; then the Drink Milk and the Got Milk campaigns.
Role of the Nutrition Professional: Four dietitians are currently on staff; Mike's background includes advertsing and so he does a lot of promotional work. Travelling to schools, etc. and portraying the healthy message associated with dairy is one of the best parts of the dietitian's job; room for research as well.
In addition to a guest speaker, we attended the Research Fair at the Convo... I can't believe I will be presenting my own research there next spring.
Some fantastic work has been done at OU. It was great seeing Ally and Emma's posters; I remember a lot about Emma's from 532 last quarter. I remember Ally's research from Celia and Crystal's presenting during 626 in the Fall. I always saw Ashley Kevesdy's poster, as well as several OU-COM and Rec and Sport Science poster's- both school's my own thesis is affiliated with.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
5/13 Class
Saturday was an interesting experience. I was able to see other's points of view in regards to hunger in our region, in a manner which I had not seen before.
At the Farmer's Market, we were stationed at two seperate booths. I began my shift at the Community Food Initiative (CFI) Booth. Rhonda discussed with me the goals of her program, which included teaching kids in the community how to prepare foods in the kitchen. She was selling vegetable plants to raise money for supplies, such as cookware and ingredients. We briefly discussed the Hope Community Garden, then I took my place out in front of the tent. At first, the people I extended fliers to and discussed the program with were very receptive, donating a couple of dollars here and there and asking interested questions. As the time passed, however, people appeared to be more in a hurry and didn't even stop to take a flier. One woman responded, "Honey, I'm so poor myself that I need my own donations." I didn't quite know how to take that, so I thanked her for her time and she was one her way.
It was interesting to me that we didn't raise much money at the Farmer's Market. While I did see people who were obviously in need of financial assistance, I also saw several professors and students who probably could have at least donated their pocket change without missing it, but chose not to. It appears that people who are not native to the Southeast region may not have the understanding and compassion that those who are personally affected do. That being said, I know next time someone is raising money for the less fortunate, I'll donate my change.
It was definitly a learning experience.
At the Farmer's Market, we were stationed at two seperate booths. I began my shift at the Community Food Initiative (CFI) Booth. Rhonda discussed with me the goals of her program, which included teaching kids in the community how to prepare foods in the kitchen. She was selling vegetable plants to raise money for supplies, such as cookware and ingredients. We briefly discussed the Hope Community Garden, then I took my place out in front of the tent. At first, the people I extended fliers to and discussed the program with were very receptive, donating a couple of dollars here and there and asking interested questions. As the time passed, however, people appeared to be more in a hurry and didn't even stop to take a flier. One woman responded, "Honey, I'm so poor myself that I need my own donations." I didn't quite know how to take that, so I thanked her for her time and she was one her way.
It was interesting to me that we didn't raise much money at the Farmer's Market. While I did see people who were obviously in need of financial assistance, I also saw several professors and students who probably could have at least donated their pocket change without missing it, but chose not to. It appears that people who are not native to the Southeast region may not have the understanding and compassion that those who are personally affected do. That being said, I know next time someone is raising money for the less fortunate, I'll donate my change.
It was definitly a learning experience.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
5/8 Class
No lecture today; we were given the day off because Saturday we will be working on our service project Halt Hunger on the Hocking. I will be at the donations booth at the Farmer's Market from 11 am- 1pm. Actually, I'm very excited, since my mom and grandma are coming this weekend and making my sibs and I dinner; I'll pick up some local fresh produce to prepare along with our roast turkey.
My group has been developing our handouts, and will be finished with them by Tuesday.
More about the Farmers Market later...
My group has been developing our handouts, and will be finished with them by Tuesday.
More about the Farmers Market later...
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
5/6 Class
We turned in our take-home exams today. Then, the class was given time to sit and discuss the group projects. At the end of the class, we were to report to Dr. Holben as to our group's progress and discuss any difficulties or barriers we had encountered. Our group (Natalie, Andrew, Allie, Danielle, and myself) has half of the needs assessment completed, althoguh we need a little bit more research to back up the claims we have made. In addition, we have decided on the topics of the three handouts: Benefits of Gardening; Vitamin C and Iron; and Fiber in the Daily Diet. Our goal is to have these completed by next Tuesday, and finsih the quarter working on our needs assessment and preparing for the final presentation.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
5/1 Class
May Day! Today our groups met to discuss our needs assessment project. Our group, garden group B, had made a list of possible hand outs and done an overview of our needs assessment community. We got to sit and discuss ideas and goals with Dr. Holben and Ashley today, so that we have a better idea of the project's main ideas. our group will be designing three handouts: one will focus on the importance of gardening and how to get one started at home; one will focus on the benefits of Vitamin C and iron (as they work together) and what vegetables will provide excellent sources of them; one will focus on the benefits of fiber. Children in the US tend to have low intakes of iron and Vitamin C, and we want to provide an easy source of the nutrients through the gardening. We will develop a way for the children grow baby greens in their large planters, and harvest them at least twice during the 6 week program. in addition, the take home planters will have alfalfa sprouts, which we will provide recipes and tips for preparing.
Fun times.... I'm glad we've been able to get going now :)
Fun times.... I'm glad we've been able to get going now :)
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
4/29 Class
Today we discussed our handouts. The actual handouts were very eye-catching and interesting to look at. I'm not exactly sure what else to discuss about class... Our group talked today about our plans for our project. Since it is going to be really hard to get a meeting together with both Dr. Holben and Ashley Z., we decided that for Thursday's mini presentation we would discuss our outline with the class, then work on developing our needs assessment. Just because we aren't able to develop our handout yet doesn;t mean the needs assessment can't be completed.
On another note- in an attempt to get a few points back from last week's speaker blogs, here are the required notes:
Tuesday
Kay Mavko
Ohio Board of Dietetics
Executive director
Funding source: state government
Mission Statement:
"The mission of the Ohio Board of Dietetics is to effectively protect the public by regulating the practice of dietetics through licensure, and by fairly and consistently enforcing the laws and rules governing nutritional practices."
Accomplish these goals by:
Establishing standards of professional responsibility and practice for Ohio dietitians, issuing licenses and permits, investigating complaints, CEUs, and administering a licensure exam, in addition to other duties.
Agency Type: State (Govt) Agency
Planning/ Monitoring/ Conducting: 5 board members (3 dietitians, PhD educator, 1 public member) meet to discuss complaints, policies, etc. Board renews on semiannual basis to ensure changes
Role of the Nutrition Professional: in Ohio, an RD must also be licensed to practice. If the RD steps outside his.her boundaries,the Board will review the case and determine the best course of action.
Thursday
Name: Jody Shriver, Director Athens/Perry Co. WIC
Agency: Women Infants and Children Special Supplemental Food Program
Type of Program: nutrition education program that provides nutritious foods to promote good health for pregnant women, breastfeeding, and moms/ infants/ kids up to age 5
Funding: USDA; entirely through grants (since early 1970's)
Purpose and Mission: to provide nutrition education, breastfeeding ed and support, health care screenings and referrals, immunization screenings, and supplemental foods such as milk-cereal-eggs-pb-tuna/carrots-formula-beans, as well as provide coupons to purchase healthy foods at local grocery stores.
Planning/ Monitoring/ Conducting: Legislation is found in the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Evaluated by the USDA. May offer few internships; as grant-operated, dont have a lot of money for employees
Role of Nutrition Professional: a non-RD with complete education can work for the program. They offer nutrition advice, referrals, etc. so a nutrition background is very favorable. Many programs do not have an RD on staff due to lack on interest, but will hire one if available.
On another note- in an attempt to get a few points back from last week's speaker blogs, here are the required notes:
Tuesday
Kay Mavko
Ohio Board of Dietetics
Executive director
Funding source: state government
Mission Statement:
"The mission of the Ohio Board of Dietetics is to effectively protect the public by regulating the practice of dietetics through licensure, and by fairly and consistently enforcing the laws and rules governing nutritional practices."
Accomplish these goals by:
Establishing standards of professional responsibility and practice for Ohio dietitians, issuing licenses and permits, investigating complaints, CEUs, and administering a licensure exam, in addition to other duties.
Agency Type: State (Govt) Agency
Planning/ Monitoring/ Conducting: 5 board members (3 dietitians, PhD educator, 1 public member) meet to discuss complaints, policies, etc. Board renews on semiannual basis to ensure changes
Role of the Nutrition Professional: in Ohio, an RD must also be licensed to practice. If the RD steps outside his.her boundaries,the Board will review the case and determine the best course of action.
Thursday
Name: Jody Shriver, Director Athens/Perry Co. WIC
Agency: Women Infants and Children Special Supplemental Food Program
Type of Program: nutrition education program that provides nutritious foods to promote good health for pregnant women, breastfeeding, and moms/ infants/ kids up to age 5
Funding: USDA; entirely through grants (since early 1970's)
Purpose and Mission: to provide nutrition education, breastfeeding ed and support, health care screenings and referrals, immunization screenings, and supplemental foods such as milk-cereal-eggs-pb-tuna/carrots-formula-beans, as well as provide coupons to purchase healthy foods at local grocery stores.
Planning/ Monitoring/ Conducting: Legislation is found in the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Evaluated by the USDA. May offer few internships; as grant-operated, dont have a lot of money for employees
Role of Nutrition Professional: a non-RD with complete education can work for the program. They offer nutrition advice, referrals, etc. so a nutrition background is very favorable. Many programs do not have an RD on staff due to lack on interest, but will hire one if available.
Friday, April 25, 2008
4/24 Class
Class today began with Jody Schriver from the Athens County WIC program. I'm not a dietetics major, and I never really looked into the program, other than what I already knew. I thought it consisted of yellow vouchers that moms could take to produce stands to feed their children healthier foods. I realized that its more than that; the program requires 3 month health screens, referrals, classes, and several other options to assist the participants in leading healthier lives. Additionally, the women have more stringent qualification guidelines than do those applying for welfare; they must also have children. The program appears to be a very useful and much relied on commodity in most communities.
Following Jody's lecture, we watched a video clip that covered a man dying of pancreatic cancer's talk on Oprah. The video truly touched home for me; a neighbor and family friend recently passed away from a long and brave battle with the disease, leaving behind three young children. Its awful to know that his youngest son probably will not remember his dad, and his oldest and only daughter was a true "Daddy's Girl." I can't imagine what it would be like to lose my dad; my entire family is incredibly close and it would be absolutely devestating. And I just don't know if I would have that same positiv attitude he had if I were going to die long before I should.
Following Jody's lecture, we watched a video clip that covered a man dying of pancreatic cancer's talk on Oprah. The video truly touched home for me; a neighbor and family friend recently passed away from a long and brave battle with the disease, leaving behind three young children. Its awful to know that his youngest son probably will not remember his dad, and his oldest and only daughter was a true "Daddy's Girl." I can't imagine what it would be like to lose my dad; my entire family is incredibly close and it would be absolutely devestating. And I just don't know if I would have that same positiv attitude he had if I were going to die long before I should.
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