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Library Materials - Maternal Nutrition
Listed Alphabetically by Title
Being Active During and After Pregnancy (From the Active Me, Healthy Me Series 1 of 3) (2002)
United Learning
1 of 3 in the Active Me, Healthy Me Series. Includes one videocassette and one facilitator's guide. 15 minutes long. This program emphasizes the many health benefits of being active for both the pregnant and post-partem mothers and her new baby! It includes practical advice on how to incorporate activity into your daily routine, and helpful tips on how to use your body safely while being active. Nutrition information is provided that helps the viewer make good choices for eating right.
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Breastfeeding Basics: From Birth to 1 Year (From Breastfeeding Your Baby Series 2 of 2) (2002)
United Learning
2 of 2 in Breastfeeding Your Baby Series. 14 minutes long. This video encourages women to breastfeed for as long as possible, concentrating on birth to one year. A lactation consultant gives practical advice on starting up, "latching on", breastfeeding positions, milk production, how often to breastfeed, expectations, engorgement, how to pump and store milk safely, and healthy eating habits! Another issue stresses the importance of continuing to breastfeed even if you are going back to work.
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Breastfeeding Counseling Guide (1989)
Mary Rose Tully and Mary L. Overfield
This counseling guide is intended to provide facts and suggestions for frequently encountered breastfeeding questions and problems. Topics have been arranged from the most commonly encountered to the least frequently encountered in each section. Sections include engorgement, sore nipples, breast problems, fussy baby, weight gain, jaundice illness, prematurity, mothers' concerns, supplements, pumping working, solids weaning, special situations, drugs, teaching guides, and resources.
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Breastfeeding: The Best Beginning (From Breastfeeding Your Baby Series 1 of 2) (2002)
United Learning
1 of 2 in Breastfeeding Your Baby Series. 14 minutes long. Detailed benefits of breastfeeding for both the baby and the mom are presented. The nutritional component of this program reviews healthy eating habits during pregnancy and lactation, urges daily physical activities, and stresses abstinence from drugs, alcohol, and tobaccol. Other topics included: early stages of breastfeeding, expectations, signs of trouble, and when to check with yoru health care provider.
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Bright Futures in practice - Nutrition: User's Guide (2000)
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
This user's guide was designed to provide an overview of Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition and to assist health professionals in using the information and materials in that guide. See Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition for details.
Book, Booklet
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Classroom Activities In Nutrition in Teenage Pregnancy (1990)
Herbert J. Grover
Lessons 1 to 13 cover diverse nutrition in teenage pregnancy topics, including prenatal issues for mother and infant. Lessons 14 to 18 discuss nutrition for all teenagers and teach information organized around the "Five Food Groups." The resources section includes a broad range of publications, films, filmstrips, and other support materials for the SAPAR or other instructors interested in nutrition in teenage pregnancy.
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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) English Handouts (1994)
University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, Washington State University and Purdue University by Barbara Willenberg, Karla Hughes, Sharon Gann and Karen Elliott
Black and White, copy ready, English handouts designed for use with the curriculum entitles "EFNEP Lessons". Curriculum designed for use by nutrition educators with low income resource stressed audiences. See EFNEP Lessons available from the NIRC for further description of curriculum.
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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Lessons (1994)
University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, Washington State University and Purdue University by Barbara Willenberg, Karla Hughes, Sharon Gann and Karen Elliott
Curriculum designed for use by nutrition educators with low income or resource stressed audiences. Twenty-one lessons introducing the EFNEP program and addressing cooking skills, food choices, meal planning, resource management, food safety, the Food Guide Pyramid, low fat cooking, prenatal nutrition, infant and child nutrition, gardening basics, and food preservation. Similar, if not identical to, the Eating Right is Basic 2 curriculum currently in use with Pennsylvania EFNEP.
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For the Health of It: Maternal & Infant Nutrition (1989)
University of Georgia
Discusses breastfeeding, bottle feeding, and diet during pregnancy. Also addresses the introduction of solids, selecting nutritious baby foods, the use of breast pumps and the need for vitamin and mineral supplements.
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Great Beginnings: Nutrition Curriculum for Pregnant and Parenting Teens (1994)
University of New Hampshire, Cooperative Extension
This curriculum contains a health education video that contains two 13-minute titles, "Cradle Crier" - reproducible copies of twelve-month infant development newsletter, "Dollars and $ense" - 12 spiral bound monthly income and expense folders. There are five lessons and five supplemental lessons, all containing an instructor's manual and participant's material.
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Handle With Care: Keeping Your Child's Formula, Expressed Breast Milk & Food Germ-Free (2001)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
This is a set of behaviorally focused lesson plans, fact sheets and two posters that is designed to reduce the risk of foodborne illness in infants and children by teaching parents and caregivers safe food handling practices.
Booklet, Curriculum Design
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Having a Healthy Baby
University of Georgia
Contains ten lessons with recipes and handouts. Addresses birthing a baby, weight gain, premature and low birth weight babies, healthy eating, fruit and vegetable consumption, putting WIC vouchers to the best use, immunizations, and more.
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Health During Pregnancy: Lily Looks Back (1994)
AGC Media Group
This video is 12 minutes long. Lily narrates this program on nutrition and exercise for expectant mothers. Topics include:
1. the importance of visiting a clinic or medical facility.
2. how the new USDA Food Pyramid should be interpreted.
3. sample menu ideas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
4. the importance of exercise.
5. demonstrations of effective strengthening exercises.
6. the dangers of alcohol and smoking on the unborn child.
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In-Home Breastfeeding Support Program - Comprehensive Management and Training Guide
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, North Carolina State University
This curriculum provides everything needed to establish and implement an In-Home Breastfeeding Support Program. It includes a guide for implementation and management; a guide for training breastfeeding counselors; and teaching materials. This curriculum is designed for WIC, Extension, health educators, lactation consultants, private physicians, hospitals, and midwives.
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Kids Count Data Book 2001 - State Profiles of Child Well-Being (2001)
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
The raw numbers contained in the 12th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book paint a statistical portrait of the condition of America's children. Using 10 indicators, this resource profiles individual states and the District of Columbia, graphs state indicators over time, ranks states by indicators and includes color coded maps. This information is also available on line at www.kidscount.org.
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My Child, My Choices: Healthy Eating When you are Pregnant (1991)
University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Extension
This booklet offers information about food choices, gaining weight, alcohol, drugs, smoking and sex during pregnancy.
Booklet
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Nutrition After Childbirth: Setting A Standard For Life
Altschul Group Corporation
This video is 11 minutes long. From breastfeeding to WIC guidelines for good health and nutrition, this program will help young mothers understand hwo to continue the good health habits they learned during pregnancy, as well as plan for meals. The importance of breastfeeding is stressed, along with the special nutritional considerations that breastfeeding mothers need to follow. Excellent for use in clinic waiting rooms, prenatal classes, and in any general health program.
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Nutrition During Pregnancy: Healthy Me, Healthy Baby
United Learning
This Video is 11 minutes long. Covers all the basics of nutrition and good health according to WIC guidelines. The importance of breastfeeding is stressed, along with the special nutritional considerations that breastfeeding mothers need to follow.
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Nutrition Education in Action: Eating Right for Two (1997)
New Mexico State University, College of Agriculture & Home Economics
This 35-minute video is one of eighteen in the Nutrition Education in Action series. The video is designed to help nutrition educators teach about eating while pregnant in a hands-on, learner-centered manner. Michigan State's "Eating Right is Basic" flip chart of the same name is discussed page by page.
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Parenting Rewards & Responsibilities (Transparency Sampler) (2000)
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
This transparency sampler includes 8 full-color sample transparencies, teaching suggestions for use with each of the 8 sample transparencies, and titles of the 44 transparencies from the Complete Transparency Package.
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Pregnancy Nutrition - Good Health for You and Your Baby (1998)
American Dietetic Association
This small book provides practical advice regarding eating right during pregnancy. It has sections on weight gain, eating right in general, vitamins and minerals, fluids, activity tips, managing the side effects of pregnancy, and more.
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Pre-Natal Nutrition (1995)
National Health Video
An overview of the nutritional needs of a pregnant woman. Incorporates supplemental activities and an evaluation tool.
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Pre-Natal Nutrition Video (Spanish Version) (1999)
National Health Video, Inc.
Provides practical nutrition information for healthy eating before and during pregnancy. Discusses increased nutritional needs as well as common problems. Spanish Version - 14 minutes.
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Present Knowledge in Nutrition; Eighth Edition (2001)
Barbara A. Bowman and Robert M. Russell (editors)
This text includes chapters on energy physiology, macronutrients, fat and water soluble vitamins, minerals and trace elements, and nutrition and the life cycle. It also includes chapters on physiology and pathophysiology and nutrition and chronic disease such as obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis. International nutrition including food insecurity and hunger, and emerging issues in nutrition such as food safety are also discussed. The writing style is scientific and detailed.
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Pyramid Handouts - Pregnancy (1994)
NCES
Front of the handout (8 1/2" X 11") features a full color food guide pyramid. The reverse side features guidelines for weight gain, a drawing showing weight gain components and a blank weight gain graph.
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Pyramid Handouts - Pregnancy (Spanish) (1994)
NCES
Front of the full color handout (8 1/2" X 11") features a Food Guide Pyramid. The reverse side features guidelines for weight gain, a drawing showing weight gain components and a blank weight gain graph. Spanish Version.
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Spanish Language Nutrition Program (1994)
Adapted for Missouri Use from University of Wisconsin, Michigan State Universtisy, Washington State University and Purdue University
Black and White, copy ready, Spanish handouts designed for use with the curriculum entitled "EFNEP Lessons". Curriculum designed for use by nutrition educators with low income resource stressed audiences. See EFNEP Lessons available from the NIRC for further description of curriculum.
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Teenage Moms (1991)
Holly Alley
There are 9 basic lessons for pregnant teens. Each lesson has a section of Activity/Research Choices which can turn one lesson into many different lessons.The topics includes what is TAMS, what should I eat, healthy weight for pregnancy, special nutrient needs, if it's not one thing, it's another, for health's sake, don't (smoking, alcohol - FAS - and other drugs, pica), fast foods and healthy snacks, decisions for feeding your baby, feeding toddlers.
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The Babies & You Video Series (1999)
March of Dimes
Babies & You is a prenatal education program (4 video series) designed to reach women and men of childbearing age in a variety of workplace settings. Its goal is to increase awareness of behaviors and health practices vital to a healthy pregnancy and to encourage on-the-job support of those practices. It provides information on: Preconception Planning; Prenatal Care; Stress & Exercise During Pregnancy and Nutrition During Pregnancy. Each video (4) runs about 35 min.
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To Help Your Tiny New Baby! (1998)
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Describes how to give your baby "kangaroo care" while in the hospital, and how it will make both you and baby feel good. Comes in the following languages: English, Vietnamese, Laotian, Russian, Chinese and Khmer.
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Vermont Best Start: A Breastfeeding Curriculum
University of Vermont Extension
This 8-session breastfeeding curriculum targets pregnant and nursing women who are interested in learning more about breastfeeding. Some sessions specifically address concerns of the pregnant women, others focus solely on concerns of the postpartum mother, and some sessions address topics that might arise at any time during pregnancy or lactation.
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