Education Materials (fwd)

[Elfant, Michael (DHS-WIC)]

CA WIC has some.  I will forward this to the people who deal w/nut ed
material in CA


> -----Original Message-----

> From:	Laura Larsson [SMTP:larsson at u.washington.edu]

> Sent:	Sunday, April 09, 2000 8:55 PM

> To:	Public Health Nutrition Discussion and Information Group

> Subject:	Re: Education Materials (fwd)

> 

> Friends:

> 

> A question from a colleague.

> 

> Regards,

> 

> Laura Larsson

> Health Services, University of Washington

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> "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> From: SMICHELRD at aol.com

> Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 20:56:25 EDT

> Subject: Education Materials

> 

> 

> Does anyone on the listserve know of nutrition education materials for 

> persons recently immigrated to the US from SE Asia, China, and Indonesia.

> I 

> am in need of materials for infant feeding, failure to thrive in infants

> less 

> than 12 months of age and in toddlers and obesity for children over 5

> years 

> of age and teens.  I am seeing many patients with these problems and could

> 

> use materials that address the problem and include culturally relevant 

> information. 

> 

> I would also like to know if anyone has information describing infant

> feeding 

> practices for SE Asians, Chinese, and Indonesian, i.e., feeding rice water

> or 

> fish broth to infants.   

> 

> I do have the information on normal nutrition from the Nutrition Education

> 

> for New Americans Project of the Georgia State University and Ethno-Med

> from 

> the Univ. of Washington.

> 

> Perhaps a WIC Program or Public Health Dept. has materials for the

> specific 

> populations.  I really do not believe in reinventing the wheel so if the 

> appropriate material is already available I would really appreciate

> learning 

> about it. Thanks.

> 

> Suzanne Michel, MPH, RD

> Phila. Dept of Public Health