What is the process of evaluating the health and nutritional status of the community?

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What is the process of evaluating the health and nutritional status of Describe the nutrition-related problems that exist in the community. What are the steps in Community Needs Assessment?

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Ch. 2: Assessing Community Resources Before you can develop a community nutrition intervention, you need to do a community needs assessment. This is going to help you identify the resources, the barriers to treatment, the problems that need to be  treated, and how to identify the target populations. The Community Needs Assessment is the process of evaluating the health and nutritional status of the community, determining what the community’s health and nutritional needs are, and identifying places where those needs are not being met (the gap in services). Other names for the Community Needs Assessment: Health  Education   Planning,  Asset   Mapping,   Community     Analysis  and Diagnosis. Asset Mapping: A community assessment that document

What is the process of evaluating the health and nutritional status of

What is the process of evaluating the health and nutritional status of
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School: University of Houston

Department: human nutrition and foods

Course: Community Nutrition

Professor: Tracey ledoux

Term: Spring 2015

Tags: community, nutrition, community nutrition, University of houston, and nutr 4334

Cost: 25

Name: Chapter 2 Notes/Study Guide for Exam

Description: These are chapter 2 notes: assessing community resources for community nutrition. This is also a guide that can be used for the chapter 2 exam.

Uploaded: 01/27/2015

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Chapter 3 Notes

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What is the process of evaluating the health and nutritional status of

What is the process of evaluating the health and nutritional status of Description

School: University of Houston

Department: human nutrition and foods

Course: Community Nutrition

Professor: Tracey ledoux

Term: Spring 2015

Tags: community, nutrition, community nutrition, University of houston, and nutr 4334

Cost: 25

Name: Chapter 2 Notes/Study Guide for Exam

Description: These are chapter 2 notes: assessing community resources for community nutrition. This is also a guide that can be used for the chapter 2 exam.

Uploaded: 01/27/2015

12 pages

Chapter 3 Notes

12 pages

Chapter 3 Notes

12 pages

Chapter 3 Notes

What is the process of evaluating the health and nutritional status of
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