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Local Links: The Washington
State Community Nutrition Assessment Education Project
Community
Nutrition Assessment
The Twelve Step Process of Community
Nutrition Assessment
The best-designed nutrition policies will
not be effective if they do not fit the settings in which they are to operate.
(Milio, Nutrition Policy in Public Health, 1997) |
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Organize a community planning group
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Define community boundaries
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Develop a statistical profile
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Asssess perceived needs
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Identify assets and resources
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Analyze the data
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Identify common issues
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Identify unmet needs
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Identify high risk individuals
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Prioritize the issues
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Disseminate findings
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Incorporate findings into program planning, implementation, and evaluation
We are indebted to Carolyn Gleason, MS, RD who started us down the road
to looking at nutritional data and who developed the 12 step approach to
Community Nutrition Assessment.
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