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experiential nature, academic integration, user-friendliness,and grade level adaptation as reasons for choosing the cur-riculum. The hands-on experiential component of CWKwas considered essential. Adaptations included ingredientsubstitutions and addition or deletion of activities due toavailable time and/or equipment. Barriers to using CWKwere lack of resources. Suggestions for improving CWK in-cluded additional lessons and recipes, as well as inclusionof adaptations for different settings and time frames. Rec-ommendations for dissemination included communicatingwith a variety of school personnel, as well as offering incen-tives for curriculum adoption. Resources such as funding,volunteers, committed educators, and updated materialswere cited as requirements for program sustainability.Conclusions and Implications: CWK is a well-likedcurriculum that users adapt to their settings; time, fund-ing, committed educators, additional lessons, and sug-gested adaptations are key to implementation andsustainability. This project was supported by National Re-search Initiative of USDA CSREES, project 2007-05062.

P9 Childhood Hunger: Engaging and Educatingthe Medical CommunityAnne Hoisington, MS, RD, Oregon State UniversityExtension Service, P.O. Box 55370, Portland, OR 97238

Objective: To educate health care providers on physical,emotional, intellectual and social impacts of food insecu-rity on children so that they incorporate hunger risk ques-tions into intake protocol and offer interventions forhouseholds that test positive for that risk.Use of Theory or Research: We conducted a needs as-sessment that included a survey of knowledge, attitudesand behaviors of physicians and nurse practitionersaround the subject of food insecurity, focus groups withemergency food recipients to assess their comfort level inaddressing hunger with their health care provider, and a lit-erature review on similar education/outreach models inthe United States.Target Audience: Family practice and pediatric physi-cians and nurse practitioners, social workers, dietitians, regis-tered nurses, and other health providers that treat children.Description: Based on results of our needs assessment,we developed an online course that includes a literature re-view on risks and predictors for food insecurity, healthconsequences throughout childhood, screening and inter-vention tools, and other resources.Evaluation: Over 130 health providers have registeredfor the course in 3 months. Over 1,000þ have visited thecourse (without registering). Ninety-nine percent of regis-trants said they will change their practice based on thecourse, and 73% gave consent to be contacted for a fol-low-up evaluation.Conclusions and Implications: Health providers ofdifferent practices/specialties are concerned about food in-security in their pediatric patients. An online course withcontinuing education credits is an effective way to reachthis audience with up-to-date research and interventiontools. This project was funded by Oregon State University

Extension, Oregon Food Bank, Providence Health and Ser-vices, Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon De-partment of Human Services.

P10 Promoting Nutrition Education andHealthy Lifestyles through ‘‘TeachableMoments’’ in Chicago Community HealthCentersAnastasia P. McGee, RD, LDN, apmcgee@uic.edu, Directorof Community Nutrition, Chicago Partnership for HealthPromotion, UIC Neighborhood Initiatives-Division ofCommunity Health, 845 South Damen Avenue (M/C802),Chicago, IL 60612

Objective: The UIC-CPHP represents a network of part-nerships organized to support community-based interven-tions to improve nutrition and reduce disparities inoutcomes associated with nutritional diseases includingobesity and malnutrition in low income Chicagoans.Use of Theory or Research: The UIC-CPHP utilizesa unique approach to nutrition education. CPHP utilizestrained community nutrition peer educators (NPEs) andnutrition specialists (typically Registered Dietitians) to pro-vide nutrition education and services in a variety of venuesacross Chicago.Target Audience: The project targets low-income clientsand families that receive health care services from state andcity run community health centers.Description: In partnership with the Chicago Departmentof Public Health and University of Illinois at Chicago’s Com-munity Health Centers, The UIC Chicago Partnership forHealth Promotion provides nutrition education to patientsand families through a variety of programming. To utilize pa-tientwait timeduringclinicvisits,CPHPNutritionTeamspro-vide nutrition education in the form of ‘‘Teachable Moments’’to patients in the waiting area. ‘‘Teachable Moments’’ includeinformative conversations, interactive educational models aswell as nutrition topic related handouts. In addition, groupclasses are made available on site for clinic providers to useas an opportunity to ‘‘prescribe’’ education as a preventivetool in overall healthcare in treating obesity-related illnesses.Evaluation: Compilation of pre/post test data and collec-tion of contact data reported to the USDA SNAP-ed.Conclusions and Implications: Challenges includelimited funding opportunities for nutrition services and re-duced access to resources. This project is funded throughthe USDA SNAP-ed program and in partnership with theChicago Department of Public Health and University ofIllinois Medical Center.

P11 Energy Intake and Overweight Risk of Full-Term, Low-Income Minority InfantsCarolina Espinosa, BS, carespin@eden.rutgers.edu, RutgersUniversity; Estrella Torres, BA, mezquida@rci.rutgers.edu,Rutgers University; John Worobey, PhD, worobey@rci.rutgers.edu, Rutgers University, 26 Nichol Avenue, Room208, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901