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Home Visiting -Talking with Families about Nutrition
Embark on a journey to promote healthy nutrition habits with our course, 'Home Visiting - Talking with Families about Nutrition.' Throughout this module, home visitors will gain a comprehensive understanding of key principles, from defining essential healthy eating habits to supporting breastfeeding mothers and introducing solid foods. Delving into the impact of environmental and cultural factors on eating behaviors, participants will learn effective strategies for engaging families in respectful conversations about nutrition. With a structured approach encompassing the importance of responsive feeding and overcoming barriers to healthy eating, this course empowers home visitors to make a positive impact on the nutritional well-being of families, ultimately contributing to obesity prevention and promoting healthy growth and development in children.
Objectives (appears on the evaluation form):
  1. Define important healthy eating habits from pregnancy through the first few years of life
  2. Analyze the impact of the environment on health
  3. Effectively support breastfeeding mothers and know when to recommend additional help
  4. Identify infant hunger and satiety cues and assist families to avoid over-feeding babies
  5. Explain the importance of responsive feeding practices for infant and toddler healthy growth and development
Notes
1. Define important healthy eating habits from pregnancy through the first few years of life 2. Analyze the impact of the environment on health 3. Effectively support breastfeeding mothers and know when to recommend additional help 4. Identify infant hunger and satiety cues and assist families to avoid over-feeding babies 5. Explain the importance of responsive feeding practices for infant and toddler healthy growth and development 6. Describe best practices of when, what and how to introduce solid foods 7. Identify ways to eat healthy on a budget 8. Understand how cultural practices, economic considerations, and other factors influence eating behaviors 9. Feel comfortable engaging families in respectful conversations about healthy eating
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Schedule(s):
DateStart TimeEnd TimeTitleLocationAddressRoomInstructor
09/06/20249:00AM12:00PM OnlineOnline, CT 
 
Ashley McAuliffe View Bio