[PHNUTR-L] Cornell Childhood Obesity Course – Space Still Available!

[Christina Stark]

Online Course – Space Still Available!
Preventing Childhood Obesity: An Ecological Approach
October 19 – November 29, 2011

We are now accepting applications for enrollment from both teams and individuals who are interested in the session starting October 19.

Anyone interested in taking the course as part of a team, please contact me at cms11 at cornell.edu<mailto:cms11 at cornell.edu>, before you enroll. We are still offering the half-price discount for extension teams that meet the Special Team criteria noted below.

Individuals should go to www.ecornell.com/cnw<http://www.ecornell.com/cnw>
to enter your enrollment request and for more information. There is a link to a course outline under the More Information section on this page.

Feel free to forward this message to interested colleagues.  A brief summary of the course is below.

Christina

Special Team Criteria

We are targeting this course to teams of 3-5 people that include at least one county-based nutrition extension educator, one county-based 4-H youth development educator, and one 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.



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 you or your team 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 will be learning how to apply an ecological approach while focusing on a community where you work. A facilitator will interact 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 individuals or teams.  The regular cost (without the special team discount) is $150 and the course provides 15 continuing professional education units.
If you have questions, contact nutritionworks at cornell.edu<mailto:nutritionworks at cornell.edu> .
Christina Stark, MS, RD, CDN
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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