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COURSE RELATED RESEARCH
INSTRUCTION
Course Name: FNI441, Community Nutrition
Course Instructor: Jorun Gran-henriksen
Session Librarian: Holly Heller-Ross
Session Date: September
19, 2007
Locating local community health information is a matter of accessing library
resources, agency
web sites, local government data, and old-fashioned footwork!
Reference Resources
Putting the Pieces Together: Human Resources Directory
Ref Desk HV98.N7 C45 2001 (3 volume set)
County and City Extra Ref HA203.C68 2000 (and updates)
Circulating Books
Search the Feinberg Library Web Catalog for community nutrition to find
resources such as:
Community nutrition / by Jessie Craig Obert.
SUNY at Plattsburgh, Feinberg Library - General Collection HV696.F6 O23
Online Journals
Search Academic
Search Premier | ProQuest
Research Library and CINAHL
Plus with Full Text
- Team
nutrition classes can be used to determine children's eating habits.
Martha A Raidl,
et al.
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
Hamilton: Mar/Apr 2004. Vol. 36, Iss. 2; p. 101
- Community
food/nutrition grants.
(Funding Opportunities)(Brief Article)
Native American Report
May 14, 2004 v9 i10 p99
(137 words)
- Best
Practices and Lessons Learned for Sustainable Community Nutrition
Programming
Sonja Noring. American
Journal of Public Health. Washington: May 2000. Vol. 90, Iss. 5;
p. 806 (1 page)
Look also at fully online journals, listed on the library
web page as Open
Access Journals
Nutrition Bytes is one example.
Search the Internet:
Census
Demographic Profile
Profile
of general characteristics more from the census!
To start, search through the Plattsburgh
City Web site and the Clinton County ,
Essex County , as well as the CVPH Medical Center Web
site.
Look also for state-wide information relevant to our region at the NYS
Health Department Web site, specific program web sites such as NYS
WIC Webpage and population and income statistics at New York Quick
Facts.
Look for national information at the U.S.
Census Factfinder and at sites such as these from the Librarians
Internet Index
County
and City Data
Book: 2000 
Contains "official population and housing data
from the 2000 Census plus business and other data"
for United States places (2,500 and greater population), cities
(25,000 and greater population), and all counties.
From the U.S. Census Bureau.
URL: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/ccdb.html
National Association on Counties
(NACo)
This site offers news, data,
and statistics about counties.
From the section called U.S. Counties
, retrieve "information on counties,
such as county
officials, courthouse addresses, county
seats, cities in a county."
Find economic and demographic data,
county ordinances,
policies, Model County
programs, and more. Browsable by state, and searchable.
URL: http://www.naco.org/
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Greater New Orleans Community
Data Center
For New Orleans neighborhoods, "this
site contains easy to use Census 2000 data
-- this includes households without cars, poverty, age of housing
stock and other demographics relevant to the impact of Hurricane
Katrina." View maps showing elevation, poverty levels, racial
segregation, and other factors. Also includes data
on 10 Greater New Orleans parishes from the Census and other state
and federal agencies, and links to related sites.
URL: http://www.gnocdc.org |
Northwest Area Foundation
Indicator Website
This site provides information on indicators in
categories such as population, income, employment, and health, for
Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Minnesota, and Iowa. Includes data
for states, counties, communities,
and Indian reservations and tribes. Indicators are based on data
from federal and state agencies.
URL: http://www.indicators.nwaf.org
Washington Kids
Count
This program "tracks, analyzes, and communicates
information about the health and well-being of children and families in
Washington [state]." Provides state, county, and city data
on the status of children and families as well as reports on topics such
as domestic violence, mental health, and poverty. From the Evans School of
Public Affairs at the University of Washington.
URL: http://www.hspc.org/topics/wa_kids_count.aspx
Hmong Studies Internet Resource
Center
"This website is a source of comprehensive
information about studies of Hmong history, culture, and adaptation in
diasporic communities
around the world. The site also includes detailed Hmong, Lao, Cambodian,
and Vietnamese census data
from the U.S. Census as well as bibliographies." Includes the Hmong
Studies Journal, a bulletin board, a bibliography of works back to 1778,
maps, articles, and related links.
URL: http://www.hmongstudies.org/
Living
Together: A New Look at Racial and Ethnic Integration in Metropolitan
Neighborhoods
In this 2004 report, the authors analyzed the
changing racial and ethnic populations in America's 10 largest
metropolitan areas, comparing data
from the 1990 and 2000 censuses. They concluded that "the emergence
of more mixed-race communities,
especially those with growing Hispanic and Asian populations, calls out
for examining how policy might foster racial and ethnic integration, and
encourage positive social outcomes in an increasingly diverse
society." Includes tables and charts.
URL:
http://www.brookings.edu/urban/publications/20040428_fasenfest.htm
This page created by: Holly Heller-Ross, MLS
Email: holly.hellerross@plattsburgh.edu
Last
Updated: September 18, 2007
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