RESOURCE NAME

  Complementary and Alternative Medicine

DATE CREATED/REVISED

2002 and Ongoing

BRIEF DESCRIPTION (include major objectives)

Complementary and alternative practices to standard medicine are described and sources for further study are evaluated.

LONG-TERM INTENDED OUTCOMES

Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

Enhanced Nutrition Quality of the Food Supply

TIME COMMITMENT

Cannot be determined

 DURATION

Cannot be determined

DIFFICULTY

 Introductory

READING LEVEL

High school

AUDIENCE

Adults in general

High school students

Low-income

Retail food stores

Men

College students

Paraprofessionals

Teachers

Women

Dietitians

Women

Young adults

Health professionals

SUBJECT

Dieting issues

Health promotion

Normal nutrition

Youth nutrition

COMPONENTS

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Media releases

Newsletter/update

Community event

Peer interaction

Leader’s guide

Teaching visuals

Face-to-face

Group meetings

Website

Internet

Learn on their own

SKILL EMPHASIS

LEADER TRAINING REQUIRED?

SPECIALIST SUPPORT

Consultation with agent

Single county visits

Multi-county visits

Area meetings

Media participation

Leader training

Evaluation training

Knowledge

Attitudes/values

Preferable

LEADER TRAINING LEVEL

 FREQUENCY OF LEADER TRAINING

Introductory

Every two years

PROGRAM RESOURCES LIST

Lesson MF 2558- CAM, On the Fringe or Cutting Edge – Leader’s Guide MF 2557

Spotlight Stories May/June 2001 and May/June 2002

Herbal Fact Sheets, Susan Latta,  Author

Nutritional Issues for Pharmacists – Pharmat, Inc. Lawrence, KS  2003

CONTACT PERSON/ADDRESS/PHONE

Mary Meck Higgins, Ph. D., R.D., L.D., CDE

Department of Human Nutrition

202 Justin Hall

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS  66506

785-532-1671

FAX: 785-532-1678

E-mail: mhiggins@ksu.edu

ORDER FROM

Shelly Burklund

Department of Human Nutrition

Justin Hall

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS  66506

785-532-1670

FAX: 785-532-1678

E-mail: sburklun@ksu.edu