Week 6 – Community/Public Health Elective

Date: 10/20/17 Rotation: Community/Public Health Elective Location: BronxWorks

Activities / Assignments:

Distributed lunch and metro cards
Tracked group activities in e-share – lunch/dinner
Reassessments
Counseling with supplements
Planned healthy foods for Halloween party
Organized fridge and created labels so others know where to store items
Led nutrition group on sugar titled “Sugar: Demystifying This Common Food”

Comments / Thoughts / What You Learned / Challenges: I find myself becoming much more comfortable conducting nutrition counseling sessions. Perhaps it is partially because I have developed a rapport with most of the clients, but regardless the reason, I feel more confident and comfortable in my role.

The halloween planning was especially fun – it is one of my favorite holidays and it challenged me to get creative! Below are the planned items and the ingredients needed for each planned food.

I led my first nutrition group and I think it went extremely well. I was very nervous before it began but once I started the nerves went away, and I really enjoyed it. Thirteen clients participated in the group, and a lot of them said they were going to use what they learned in the group to eat less processed sugar. I had a lot of fun leading the group and I look forward to the next nutrition group I get to lead!

Learning Objectives Met: CRDN 2.11, CRDN 3.3, CRDN 3.4, CRDN 3.5, CRDN 3.6, CRDN 3.7, CRDN 3.8, CRDN 4.1

Clock Hours: 40 Hours