Innovative Approaches in Nutrition Care for Reaching Patients

1. An effective approach for reaching more patients is to provide group education based on chronic diseases that share similar risk factors.

a) True
b) False

2. Innovative approaches for nutrition care presented include:

a) Group education
b) Clinic-based food bank table
c) Use of food insecurity assessment tool by health team
d) Working with Tribal Casino foodservice staff on menus for Elder Nutrition Program participants
e) All of the above

3. The Food Research and Action Council reports that ___ of US households with children cannot buy enough food for their children.

a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 33%
d) 42%

4. Penobscot Health Program staff and community members responded positively to the clinic-based food bank.

a) True
b) False

5. One change the registered dietitian made after pilot testing the Penobscot Clinic’s food bank table was:

a) Having clinic reception staffs first ensure that only people experiencing food insecurity received the donated foods.
b) Having clinic reception staffs ask arriving patients the 2 key questions on the food insecurity form before distributing the food from the food bank table.
c) Moving the food bank table to a different location – close to the exit/entrance to the clinic.
d) Pilot test was successful. There were no changes implemented after the pilot test period.