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SHC Healthy Eating Habits Student Learning Outcome:
Audience:
Student Health Center will assess the learning of Students who are referred for Nutrition Consultation, and have an appointment with the Registered Dietician. Students found to have a BMI>30 will increase their knowledge about the risks and consequences of poor nutrition and unhealthy eating behaviors.
Behavior:
Students will learn:
• Truth about certain Myths concerning healthy eating
• At least 4 lifestyle choices/habits that contribute to a healthier weight
• What a balanced, healthy plate looks like
• Clinical consequences of unhealthy eating
Condition:
• UCI's Student Health Center offers Nutrition Consultation with a Registered Dietician. Students may be referred by SHC providers or request a consultation directly
• The brief 5 question survey be sent to all students who classify with obesity (BMI>30)
o Dieticians have employed the Adult Learning Theory and determined the Likert Scale as best methods for evaluations
• Questions will focus on: Access, Attitude, Knowledge, and Nutrition Education.
o The access question will be challenging if the survey is launched after the student has been referred to see Dietician
o This may be changed to “prior to being referred to a Dietitian, I wasn’t aware that I had access to this service”
• The brief 5 question survey will be sent to all students after their Nutrition visit, and offered again prior to their next Nutrition follow-up visit if not previously completed
• Visits performed at the Student Wellness & Health Promotions office have better compliance to survey participation, and may support when explaining how the survey can help improve student services and learning outcomes
• Point and Click (PnC), the secure electronic health record utilized by SHC, is the repository for students' health information and communication with students. PnC also serves as the tool for determining student data for Pre- and Post-tests.
Demonstration:
Student learning will be shown by:
Scores for students will increase from Pre-test to Post-test after receiving the educational component from the Dietician on the following topics:
• Truth about certain Myths concerning healthy eating
• At least 4 lifestyle choices/habits that contribute to a healthier weight
• What a balanced, healthy plate looks like
• Clinical consequences of unhealthy eating |