[PHNUTR-L] Cornell Childhood Obesity Course – Registration Open for Teams!

[Christina Stark]

Dear colleagues:

Greetings from Cornell NutritionWorks, the online professional development program at www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu<http://www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu/>.

Registration Now Open!!! for qualifying teams
Upcoming Online Course
Preventing Childhood Obesity: An Ecological Approach

Two Sessions to Choose From!
January 11 – February 21, 2012
March 14 – April 24, 2012


Special Team Opportunity for Extension Nutrition and 4-H Teams

We are targeting this online course to teams of 3-5 people that include at least one county-based extension nutrition educator, one county-based 4-H agent, and one community partner.  If you don’t work for Cooperative Extension, contact your local extension colleagues and consider being the community partner.

To encourage teams with this composition to enroll, we will be offering a half-price enrollment fee of $75/person for up to three people per team.  Individuals will be accepted in the course on a space available basis.

"Before taking the class we were unorganized with many efforts going in different directions and not working as a team. After the class we were organized with a cohesive plan,” says an extension educator who recently took the course.

Those interested in the special team opportunity should contact Christina Stark, at cms11 at cornell.edu<mailto:cms11 at cornell.edu>, to obtain permission from the facilitator and information on how to register.

Feel free to forward this message to your colleagues.

A brief summary of the course is below.
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Preventing Childhood Obesity: An Ecological Approach
Childhood obesity is of concern to many members of the community. Faculty in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell have developed an in-depth online course to help guide teams in taking an ecological approach to preventing childhood obesity in a local community. An ecological approach leads you through a series of assessments (of behavior, of the environment, and then of specific local factors) to help you diagnose the underlying causes of excessive weight gain in children. An intervention based on this approach is more likely to be effective because it focuses on changes needed at the local level to support healthy eating and active living.

In this 6-week long course, you learn how to apply an ecological approach while focusing on a community where you work. A facilitator interacts with you and other participants throughout the course.   The format provides structured flexibility, which allows you to work on your own time and at your own pace, but within structured deadlines.
The course requires submission of prevalence data, participation in two online discussion forums, and completion of a four-part course project which results in an action plan. Teams submit a single action plan. Throughout the course there are regular deadlines for assignments (about every 10 days) to help guide your pacing. You do not need to be online at any particular time. For example, there are no online chats.
The course is expected to take approximately 2 to 3 hours of time per week over the 6 weeks for a total of 12-18 hours.  Class size is limited to about 25 teams.  The regular cost (without the special team discount) is $150/person and the course provides 15 continuing professional education units.


Christina Stark, MS, RD, CDN
Senior Extension Associate
Program Leader, Cornell NutritionWorks
Division of Nutritional Sciences
3M13A MVR Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-2141, Fax: 607-255-0027
E-mail: nutritionworks at cornell.edu<mailto:nutritionworks at cornell.edu>
Web: www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu<http://www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu>

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