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Pacific West Maternal & Child Health Distance Learning
Network -CSHCN Nutrition
Core Function: Technical Assistance and Outreach Training
This project was developed in collaboration with the University of Southern California UCEDD in response to (1) the identified training needs of maternal and child health (MCH) practitioners who provide nutrition services in the Pacific West and (2) the MCH continuing education program priorities established in maternal and child nutrition.
A computer-based curriculum (on-line and CD-ROM), Nutrition for Children with Special Health Care Needs, was developed with an interdisciplinary Advisory Group made up of practitioners from state Title V programs in Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) regions IX and X. The curriculum is composed of six self-study modules. Continuing education credit is available for nutrition professionals, and the material is also used by nurses, physicians, nurse practitioners, and therapists. In addition to continuing education, the material is also used as a reference by several publications and by individual practitioners.
An additional curriculum, Nutrition for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Group Study Modules, was developed and tested. This set of 4 modules includes leaders’ guides, Powerpoint presentations with speaker notes, handouts, and video vignettes (DVD and streaming video). This curriculum was demonstrated and promoted during a “Train-the-Trainer” video teleconference to states participating in the network and is available on-line.
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Nutrition
for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Nutrition
for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Group study modules
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