Malnutrition

This podcast, Preventing Malnutrition (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.: Addressing Undernutrition in Young U.S. Children by Dr. Robert Murray, will provide a good foundation for understanding child nutrition and growth challenges. Please listen to this for class Monday and answer these questions for submission and for class discussion.

What does the speaker mean by the “Nutritional floor?”

What are the three steps for intervention?

What is most necessary in the acute phase vs the chronic phase of undernutrition?

What are three reasons growth failure might occur? 

Why is head circumference important?  

What Is Your Idea Of A Healthy Community?

What is your idea of a healthy community? Provide specific examples. What do healthy communities have in common? How would you provide care for a community if your idea of a healthy community does not match your community’s definition of a healthy community?

Consider The Different Communities To Which You Belong

Consider the different communities to which you belong:

1. What is the geopolitical community in you live? Why is it geopolitical?
2. What is a phenomenological community to which you belong? Why is it a phenomenological community?
3. What would some challenges and benefits be for community health nurses in providing care for different communities? For similar communities? For the same community? What are some possible solutions to the challenges?
4. What, if any, global health issues are present in your community? Are there any ethnic sub-communities within your community? What considerations need to be addressed?