About the Program
The Nutrition Treatment Program has four main objectives:
- Provide learning opportunities for senior dietetic and master's-level nutrition majors.
- Offer a health-care service to community residents
- Provide outreach educational efforts to improve the nutrition awareness of the community.
- Foster research designed to promote client understanding and compliance and to maximize students' decision-making and problem-solving skills.
The American Dietetic Association-approved program in didactic dietetic education is charged with providing students with learning based on practical experience. Through working with clients, students gain experience in nutrition assessment, developing a plan of care to meet client needs, implementing and evaluating that plan, and documenting progress in the medical record. Nutrition counseling allows dietetic majors to synthesize and apply previously acquired knowledge in a practical ambulatory care setting under the guidance of a registered and licensed dietitian.
The Nutrition Treatment Program provides a service to area residents who show some degree of cardiovascular or other disease risk. It also provides services to students and residents who have concerns about weight and other health issues. The goal is to help at risk individuals prevent or attenuate disease through adoption of eating behaviors appropriate to their individual health needs and lifestyle.
The program provides the community with educational programming on issues of current nutritional concern through newsletters, oral presentations to campus and community groups, panel discussions, and radio and television features. The goal is to increase public awareness, knowledge, and adoption of recommended nutritional practices.
The Nutrition Treatment Program fosters research designed to serve clients and encourages research that helps future dietetic professionals develop conceptual and decision-making skills.
Program Contact
Deborah H. Murray
W334 Grover Center
740.593.4498
murrayd1@ohio.edu