RESOURCE NAME

  Mission Nutrition

DATE CREATED/REVISED

Created:  1993 (As WIC Kitchen); Revised:  1996

BRIEF DESCRIPTION (include major objectives)

Mission nutrition is a nutrition education program designed to help pregnant women with limited resources and families with young children maximize the resources available to them and improve the quality of their diets.  There are six lessons based on the Food Guide Pyramid each emphasizing active participation of the learner.  Learners will increase knowledge and skill in:  1) ability to plan nutritionally balanced meals, 2) ability to interpret food labels, select, buy and/or prepare foods to meet nutritional needs 3) ability to handle food safely.  Leaders will improve:  1) dietary intake behavior; 2) meal planning, food selection, purchasing and preparation; 3) savings in the food budget; 4) safe food handling.

LONG-TERM INTENDED OUTCOMES

Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

TIME COMMITMENT

 Fewer than 5 hours/week

 DURATION

Ongoing

DIFFICULTY

 Introductory

READING LEVEL

6^th grade

AUDIENCE

Adults in general

Disability groups

Food stamp recipients

Low-income

Mothers

New parents

Single parents

Young families

SUBJECT

Budgeting

Consumer skills

Decision making

Food safety

Health promotion

Lifeskill building

Normal nutrition

Preschool nutrition

COMPONENTS

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Evaluation tools

Handouts

Group meetings

Peer interaction

Leader’s guide

Order form

Personal contact with agents

Recipes

Research summary

SKILL EMPHASIS

LEADER TRAINING REQUIRED?

SPECIALIST SUPPORT

Consultation with agent

Area meetings

Leader training (as needed)

Program development

Evaluation training

Knowledge

Attitudes/values

Behavior changes

Preferable

LEADER TRAINING LEVEL

 FREQUENCY OF LEADER TRAINING

Introductory

Not applicable

PROGRAM RESOURCES LIST

CONTACT PERSON/ADDRESS/PHONE

Kathy Walsten, B.S.

203 Justin Hall

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS  66506

785-532-1676

E-mail: walsten@humec.ksu.edu      

ORDER FROM

Shelly Burklund

207 Justin Hall

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS  66506

785-532-1670

Fax:  785-532-1678

E-mail: sburklun@ksu.edu

or visit on the web at: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/humannutrition/faculty/missionorder.htm