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Department: DIET

Course No.: 213W

Title: Applied Community Nutrition

Credits: 3

Contact: Susan Gregoire

WQ: W

Catalog Copy: DIET 213W (formerly offered as DIET 213S) Applied Community Nutrition. Second Semeter. Three credits. Prerequisite: Student must earn a "C" or better in DIET 206 and 211; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Open only to Dietetics majors; others by consent of Dietetics Program Director. Duffy.

Assessment of community structure, agencies, and resources. Plan, implement, and evaluate nutritional care and nutritional education in the community setting. Participation in computer laboratory experiences.

W Criteria: Research - apply critical thinking and current research to develop a hypothesis-based nutrition research paper that addresses a community nutrition issue. Students will also apply principles regarding the ethical use of internet information and statistical data including but not limited to privacy rights, copyright laws and plagiarism.

Grading Research paper (at least 15 pages) is 20% of grade (outline 5%, first draft 5%, second draft 5%, final paper 5%). Students must earn a grade of "C" or better on the research paper in order to earn a passing grade for the course.

Puropse: to identify an issue related to obesity in children, research the current literature, synthesize this information and to present the issue utilizing creative writing skills and proper citation of primary references according to principles of effective communication through writing. Evaluation of the first,second and third drafts will be done.

1) Outline of paper, bibliography and a copy of 2 of the key articles. 2) First draft due and graded for writing skills and general content - feedback with editorial comments given, 3) Second draft should incorporate instructors comments from the first draft (must include the previous draft with comments) - also returned with feedback and editorial comments, 4)Final paper due.

Drafts and paper will be evaluated for: 1)clear identification of the research question and definition of the "community" or target population. The introduction must serve as a "road map" for the rest of the paper, 2) presentation of a review and interpretation of current professional literature with attention to competing theories and assessment methods, 3) based on the literature review, discussion of the impact of this issue on public health and its significance in the practice of community nutrition, 4) use of primary referencing in the paper, 5) clearly written using a creative style and following the principles of good writing, including use of the active voice and action verbs, avoiding starting the sentence with "This" and a paragraph structure that supports the outline of the paper.