SHORT COURSE Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD, Founder & Chief Strategist, Äkta Strategies, LLC. “Amplifying MCH Nutrition Impact Using I+PSE Approaches – Short Course.” Description This short course offers capacity building tools to drive Title V MCH transformation by integrating direct service initiatives with policy (organizational/ public), system (simple/complex) and environmental (built/natural) approaches. This short course will […]
TRAINING COURSE Jesse Jones-Smith, Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, School of Public Health, Departments of Health Services and Epidemiology. “Sweetened Beverage Taxes: Rationale, Effectiveness, and Lessons from the Field. Description: Learning Objectives: Attendees of this session will be able to: Describe the rationale for taxing sugar-sweetened beverages Review the evidence on the effectiveness of these taxes […]
Save The Date! Thursday, 5/13/21 – 2–3pm (PST) We are hosting our next NLN Happy Hour on Thursday, May 13th from 2:00 – 3:00 pm (pst) and would like you to join us for another “hour of power” to discuss what you have been doing in your state. We will be devoting this Happy Hour to “sharing” your […]
We are excited about presenting the Lillian Fountain-Smith Conference in 2021 with six mini-sessions. All presentations are free and will occur from 3:30-5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on each date. Please save-the-date for the following presentations: May 18th – Food Allergens May 20th – Eating Disorders May 25th – Health Benefits of Intermittent Fasting May 27th – Personalized Nutrition June 1st – Health […]
Save The Date! 2/11/2021 – 4-5 PM (PST) We are hosting our next NLN Happy Hour on Thursday, February 11th, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm (pst) and would like you to join us for another “hour of power” to discuss what you have been doing in your state. If you have any specific topics you would like us to focus on or if you […]
Bookmark this Event link: https://mchnutritionpartners.ucla.edu/nln-annual-meetings/western-mch-nutrition-leadership-network-meeting-2021/ NLN 2021 Online Meeting Dates: April 7th – April 9th, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm PST Day 1: Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 Topics to be covered include: Policy Update: Panel Discussion on Development of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 Speakers: Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, […]
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans provides advice on what to eat and drink to meet nutrient needs, promote health, and prevent disease. It is developed and written for a professional audience, including policymakers, healthcare providers, nutrition educators, and Federal nutrition program operators. The U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) work […]
NLN Happy Hour – Hour of Power: The COVID Chronicles 12/3/2020 – 3-4 PM (PST) NLN Happy Hour is on December 3rd, 2020, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm (pst) – Join us for another “hour of power” to discuss what you have been doing in your state. If you have any specific topics you would like us to focus on or if […]
June 25th, 3:00-4:00 pm (PST) NLN Happy Hour via Zoom. As the beginning of an ongoing series, we would like to invite you to ‘mingle” with your MCH Nutrition colleagues and share what is going on in your State. https://ucla.zoom.us/j/91279208580?pwd=MjlxNVRhVE5XME52SmR1aDZhaG9udz09 For Meeting ID & Session Password, please contact Dena Herman at: dherman@ucla.edu
Western MCH Nutrition Leadership MeetingFederal Building, San Francisco, CAMarch 3-4, 2010 Detailed Agenda, March 3, 2010Leadership Session Outline, March 4, 2010Recommended Readings Promise-Based Management NLN Sharing Session Abstracts (updated 2/25/2010) WHO: Wednesday’s Meeting was in conjunction with the Western Region WIC Nutrition Coordinators WHY: Overall meeting purpose was to identify opportunities for collaboration to improve MCH nutrition at the federal, […]