Impacting Communities C t t C t d B dCoast to Coast and Beyond

Dr. Mary Ann Dowdell, RDAssistant Professor and Director, DPD Program

(Instructor: Nutr 580 & Nutr 581)( st ucto ut 580 & ut 58 )

The M.S. in Nutrition & Dietetics is a j t f d t ’ dproject focused master’s degree

program.

Students complete an applied research Community Health InterventionCommunity Health Intervention Projects (CHIP) in their local communities during the program.communities during the program.

The CHIP is a health promotion/ disease intervention service learning project with a research component h d l h l lthat students complete in their local

communities during this eleven month program.

What is service-learning?

Service-learning is experiential education that is designed to provide benefit to the student and the partner agency and CHIP participants.

N 548 & 580N 580

N 580 & 581N 581

N 548, 580 and 581 are the courses associated

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N 548, 580 and 581 are the courses associated with the development and implementation of the project.

The Community Health Intervention ProjectNUTR 548 NUTR 580 (80 hours) NUTR 581 (80 hours)

Identify agency/program for h CHIP j

Get IRB approval for needs assessment l

Weeks 1 – 5Implement the i ithe CHIP project plan intervention

Identify a CHIP preceptor

Do needs assessment& analyze results

Measure outcomes & analyze the results

Do a Literature Review for the project

Plan intervention & write a grant proposal

Write CHIP project report

Plan Needs Assessment for the project

Get IRB approval forintervention

Develop CHIP slide show and research poster

Prepare a marketing campaign for the CHIPintervention and outcomes assessment

Present CHIP to at least one professional audience

outcomes assessment tools

Identify an agency/program to work with and a CHIP preceptor from that agency or program.

Talk about the work of the program and the nutrition/health related issues they arenutrition/health related issues they are concerned about.

Identify a population(audience) for the CHIP Identify a population(audience) for the CHIP Begin the review of literature

NUTR 580: Development of CHIP proposal

Attain IRB approval and conduct the CHIP needs assessment

Analyze the needs assessment results and identify the nutrition problems to be addressed in the CHIPaddressed in the CHIP

Plan a health promotion/disease prevention intervention and write the CHIP proposal

Attain IRB approval for the CHIP proposalWrite a grant proposal for funding

NUTR 581:Implemention of the CHIP project (fi fi k f i )(first five weeks of spring semester)

Upon completion the students: Analyze the results of the outcomes assessment and Analyze the results of the outcomes assessment and

write a comprehensive project report Prepare a slide show presentation and research

poster Present the project to at least one professional

audienceaudience Present a poster session at a local or state

professional meeting and/or the Oneonta Student R h D if h i j i l dResearch Day if their project is selected.

During 2009 – 2010, 19 graduate students l d CHIP j icompleted CHIP projects in ten states.

Three did poster presentations at the SUNY Oneonta Student Research show.O eo ta Stude t esea c s o

Three posters were selected by the student’s state dietetics association for presentations at their

l tiannual meetings. Kristen Tice won second place for her abstract

presentation at the Maryland Dietetics Association p yannual meeting.

The poster presentationsThe poster presentations…..

2nd prize

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In conclusion….As a result of completing the CHIP project students are able to meet theCHIP project, students are able to meet the following student learning outcomes (SLO):

Plan and conduct a community needs assessment.

Develop, implement, and evaluate a health promotion/disease intervention project plan.

Disseminate project results to nutrition and/or healthcare professionals.