Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/14
Outputs
Target Audience: Final report summary: 1. Audience (360 non-major students, public, food industry professionals) attended our nine food industry "showcases" where cultural food projects developed in the NUTR 390 Experimental Foods course laboratory were displayed and students explained the skills they used to develop. 2. Audience (350 non-major students, public) attended our 7 Hispanic themed "Recipe Box" cafes, the laboratory of the NUTR 407 Quantity Foods and Production course. When cultural foods/menus were served, educational handouts and student interaction with audience connected food careers and nutrition awareness. 3. Audience (450 care professionals and students) attended our three annual Diversity in Dietetics workshops (2012, 2013, 2014)with emphasis on Hispanic foods, role of nutrition in Hispanic heritage, display of Hispanic foods as part of interactive lunch presentation. 4. Audience (70000+ registered dietitians, food professionals, and unknown readers of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) were exposed to our June 2013 published manuscript: White JH, Beto JA. Strategies for Addressing the Internship Shortage and Ethnic Diversity in Dietetics. (Commentary). J Acad Nutr Diet 113(6):771-775, 2013. 5. Audience (500+agricultural professionals) attended the June 2013 NACTA conference where we presented our poster: Application of Hispanic Culture to Food and Nutrition Curriculum Projects Promotes Student Self-Identity while Disseminating Diversity to a Wider Audience. J. Beto, K Montalbano, N Rivera, K Silverman, K Schury, A Irizarry, A Valenzuela. Audience of 7000+ nutrition professionals attending the October 2013 Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Houston, TX sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics potentially viewed our poster: Chicago Head Start Parent and Staff Perspectives on Policy Addressing Children Identified as Obese or Overweight. White J, Irizarry A, Klimek A. Audience of (200+ community health disparity educators) attended the March 2014 7th Annual Xavier University Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA, conference where we presented our poster: Block-by-Block: The Greater Humbolt Park Campaign Against Diabetes Project by A. Irizarry, PUENTES Preceptor 6. Audience (1200+ public, potential future students) visited our booths at Maywood Multicultural Market (2012), various Hispanic community local summer community health fairs, food tastings, HSI community college interest tables (Morton College, Cicero IL;, Triton College, RIver Grove IL), and multicultural farmer markets events to share exposure to Hispanic role models employed in nutrition (A.Irizarry + at least one PUENTES student); handouts on healthy eating, career path options 7. Audience (5000+) from our radio presentations and our bus stop information posters (Spring 2014). 8. Audience of 180 attended the Fourth Annual Critical Dietetics Symposium we hosted in August 2014 to a global audience of students, proffessionals, and community stakeholders including members of the Hispanic community the PUENTES grant has served since 2011. 9. Audience of 1000+ parents and children enrolled in the City of Chicago Headstart 2012, 2013, 2014 during preceptor and student-led nutrition education programming. Changes/Problems: This is our final report but we learned five important key points for recruiting and retaining Hispanic students to the field of Nutrition and Dietetics. 1. The majority of the Hispanic community we serve in the Chicago area lack current role models of Hispanic dietitians. Therefore, continued visibility in the community is essential to real-life introductions to this career pathway. 2. The community college level is the most effective from both an academic and financial viewpoint to start students. At a lower cost, they can complete all transfer requirements. More importantly, they can become stronger in math and science which increases this success at the junior and senior year transfer level. It may require 6 semesters to complete all transfer requirements rather than 4 semesters. This allows them to fully integrate their skills in a logical progressive manner, particularly if they have started in another field than science 3. At the community college level, it is important that Hispanic potential transfer students start a connection with the transfer institution department of nutrition. This can be done by including them in all community events, nutrition club meetings, blogs, projects, etc. This allows them to feel connected and interact with students who have successfully tranferred. It gives them hope that the work they are doing on the community college level has application to the junior and senior level coursework. 4. Once at the BS degree level, mentoring is essential to keep students focused and on target. We participated in weekly student mentor emails (seniors emailing junior transfers) reminding them of study groups, nutrition meetings, and just a friend to talk to. We participated in bi-monthly mentoring by a counselor or faculty member to answer academic questions and overcome hurdles of financial aid issues. Ideally, this mentoring should begin in the final semester of the community college but often students may not be identified that early. The key is the connection and the way students can feel involved and "needed". 5. Professional connections of student membership to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and particularlythe member interest group of LAHIDAN (latinos and hispanics in dietetics and nutrition) provide amazing role models and mentoring opportunities. As part of the PUENTES grant, we have strengthened the LAHIDAN connections for students and will continue to actively promote this information to the wider Hispanic academic community. We are committed to going forward to enhance and promote this career pathway for Hispanics. Judith A Beto, Project Director for PUENTES What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Final Report Summary 1. PRECEPTORS The project has trained three preceptors (Goal=2 preceptors) that continue to work within the PUENTES grant framework and serve as active role models to Hispanic students. 2. LAHIDAN CONNECTION The project has created an active liaison relationship with the newly formed Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) Membership Interest Group LAHIDAN (Latinos and Hispanics in Dietetics and Nutrition, www.eatrightlahidan.org) by: a) paying for the LAHIDAN student membership of each PUENTES student along with AND membership each year of the grant, b) connecting with the LAHIDAN leadership to work on future collaborative projects including a national mentoring model based on the PUENTES grant, c) beginning the network of local LAHIDAN members to come to campus and serve as hands-on mentors to Hispanic students while providing professional development outreach to the professionals themselves through our academic programs and continuing education opportunities (podcasts placed on PUENTES website). 3. ANNUAL DIVERSITY IN DIETETICS WORKSHOPS The three annual Diversity in Dietetics Workshops (March 2012, 2013, 2014) provided an interactive program with emphasis on Hispanic culture as community outreach. Programs posted on the PUENTES website. Each year, the PUENTES grant sponsored at the Diversity in Dietetics workshops: a) one out-of-town speaker with special expertise in cultural competence b) one PUENTES-trained preceptor presentation including an interactive visual display of common Hispanic foods followed by a Hispanic cultural meal featuring these foods. c) one local speaker with Hispanic cultural expertise. The project director, Dr. Beto, presented on complementary nutrition and medicine pathways often present in cultural counseling in 2013. 4. COMMUNITY NUTRITION a) A PUENTES-trained preceptor and selected PUENTES students provided voluntary nutrition counseling to two local Hispanic-serving clinics in English or Spanish. This provided an interactive training and exposure to future practice opportunities to the students while exposing the public to the value of culturally connected counseling. PUENTES students worked with a PUENTES preceptor to see role-models in action and develop community network experiences for future employment opportunities. Our presence as translators in two local public health clinics has provided direct nutrition services to the community that were not present before the PUENTES grant. b) A preceptor in conjunction with PUENTES students participated in the Block-by-Block Community Based Humbolt Park Campaign Against Diabetes project. This ongoing community project begun in 2006 directly targets underserved Hispanics in the Humbolt Park neighborhood of Chicago with a variety of community-based activities to reduce diabetes risk including body weight reduction. c) HEADSTART. The Headstart program in the city of Chicago has a required nutrition education component. This federally funded program provides direct nutrition services to children and families that meet program income guidelines. The PUENTES students as part of the dietetic internship rotated through the Headstart community sites. Dominican University holds the federal contract for nutrition services since 2010. An abstract on this project work was presented in October 2013 to a national audienceChicago Head Start Parent and Staff Perspectives on Policy Addressing Children Identified as Obese or Overweight (J. White. A Irizarry, A. Klimek) 5. CRITICAL DIETETICS SYMPOSIUM. In August 2014, Dominican University hosted the fourth annual Critical Dietetics Symposium. This international symposium is held alternate years to address critical areas of concern in nutrition and dietetics. This year emphasis was placed on the global nature of nutrition issues and the key role dietitians and nutritionists play in delivering culturally competent messages and services. A highlight of the conference was a PUENTES-sponsored “community meeting” to hear from the stakeholders. Buses were sent to cultural neighborhoods and stakeholders were brought to campus to share their opinions and ideas. This sharing included a luncheon featuring cultural foods. PUENTES students both attended and provided support services to the registrants. One preceptor provided language translation to Spanish for community participants attending. 6. ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCES. a)Two PUENTES students attended the 26th Annual HACU conference in Washington DC in October 20-22, 2012. b) Project director attended the 2012 SACNAS conference in Seattle, October 2012 c)Two PUENTES students attended the NACTA conference in June 2013 and presented a poster of the PUENTES grant activities. d)Three PUENTES students attended the 27th Annual HACU conference in Chicago in October 2013 e) The project director and a preceptor attended the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in 2012, 2013, 2014 for LAHIDAN networking, project dissemination. f) A preceptor attended the 2013 Food and Nutrition Expo and Conference of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and presented a poster: Chicago Head Start Parent and Staff Perspectives on Policy Addressing Children Identified as Obese or Overweight (J. White. A Irizarry, A. Klimek) g) A preceptor (A. Irizarry) attended the 7th Annual Xavier University Health Disparities Conference held March 10-12, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. An abstract was presented. 7. NUTRITION-FOCUSED PHYSICAL EXAM WORKSHOP. This workshop, held in May 2014, was sponsored by PUENTES to move our students and staff to a more advanced level of practice. Mary Pat Kelly, RD, MSN, an innovator in the field based in San Francisco, trained more than 30 individuals. The skills gleaned from this workshop have been actively integrated into the curriculum by preceptors, students, and faculty. This elevates the skills PUENTES graduates bring to their practice and the community. 8. FOOD-INDUSTRY SPONSORED SHOWCASES. During the grant, nine separate sections of Nutrition 390: Experimental Foods presented in six separate food-industry sponsored showcases. Food industry professionals came to campus to review and critique food development projects. Each student completed a minimum of six controlled food experiments to bring an innovative new food product closer to consumer use. PUENTES students participated as part of the required curriculum. The audience and students were exposed to innovative products such as lower fat, baked empandanas, Hispanic inspired snacks. Pictures of these products and students can be found on the PUENTES website. 9. COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEALS. The Recipe Box Café is a 50-year tradition of the Dominican University nutrition and dietetic curriculum. Nutrition 407: Quantity Food Production and Service, a required course within the nutrition and dietetics curriculum, serves community meals to 70 local patrons either at lunch or dinner each semester. As part of the PUENTES outreach, students were encouraged to plan and execute cultural meals. Emphasis was placed on “sharing” of Hispanic ingredients. One student is featured on the PUENTES web-site where nopal (cactus) was served along with other traditional food items. The student’s entire family came to help execute the meal. Education handouts were prepared and given to patrons. Other meals were also planned and served by an additional 10 PUENTES students during the grant. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? 1. We have published a peer-reviewed commentary that highlighted the PUENTES program as an example of how to directly address the lack of Hispanic registered dietitians in the profession. (see publications: June 2013 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) with a subscription base of more than 70,000 individuals and 8000 libraries. 2. We have aligned with the LAHIDAN special interest group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Latinos and Hispanics in Dietetics and Nutrition). We have submitted an article to their newsletter highlight our work and encouraging replication at multiple community levels to increase the number of Hispanic registered dietitians, a direct goal of PUENTES. We were instrumental in beginning their global mentoring program. All PUENTES students were enrolled as members and participate in mentoring with individual outside of the grant. 3. The PUENTES grant was described in the Dominican alumni magazine which has a circulation of 3000+. 4. We have been active visual "exhibitors" at >22 local Hispanic community health fairs/events and >14 HSI community college career tables with an audience of >900 adults and children. We have provided real-life Hispanic role models through the PUENTES grant for the community to identify/interact as either career or "user" pathways. 5. Displayed our NACTA abstract both at NACTA in June 2013 and thereafter in the active traffic hallway of Dominican University’s Parmer Hall to disseminate our program and outcomes to the greater campus and visitor community. 6. Presented abstracts at Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, October 2013, Houston, on Chicago Head Start Parent and Staff Perspectives on Policy Addressing Children Identified as Obese or Overweight (J. White. A Irizarry, A. Klimek) andour work in the community, abstract on work in Hispanic community with Block-by-Block program in diabetes risk reduction. 7. Developed a sustainable networking relationship with two local LAHIDAN registered dietitians; podcasts from their interaction were posted to the PUENTES website. 8. Continue to upgrade the PUENTES website for sustainability and content after the grant ends for continued dissemination of what our grant has created: a bridge (PUENTES) pathway between desire and ability to accomplish the credential of registered dieitian 9. Continue recruiting efforts and career exposure to the surrounding Hispanic and non-Hispanic community through scheduled Admissions open houses, high school visits, career fairs, HSI community college articulation agreements and career table events to sustain our HIS status of >27% Hispanic enrollment. 10. Send final report in the formal of the PUENTES website link to all USDA-HSI project directors to share what we learned from our grant so they can benefit from education strategies that worked for us. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Program accomplishments by goal: Goal 1. By Fall 2012, to develop, replicate, and implement Dominican's current CADE-accredited coordinated graduate dietetic internship-MBA as a second-accredited coordinated undergraduate dietetic internship program with an enrollment of at least 10 Hispanic students in each of three cohorts: post-degree graduates, senior, and junior levels FINAL STATUS: Met or exceeded • Accredited undergraduate program was replicated and approved ahead of Fall 2012 target; each program is fully accredited and has undergone successful interim program benchmarks by the Accreditation Council on Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago IL). Students now have four unique and separate pathways to the RD credential: Coordinated dietetic internship with bachelor’s degree, Dietetic internship after the bachelor’s degree which allows time to work in between without having to re-apply, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration in conjunction with the dietetic internship. A fourth new option, the Individual Supervised Practice Pathway (ISPP) is in its second year. Dominican University was the creator and one of the first sites of this innovative long-distance option which we hope can address the replication of PUENTES elsewhere. • Enrollment: we have exceeded the initial enrollment goal of 30 by 100% with 60 students enrolled in PUENTES program as follows: • 8 students have finished MBA and dietetic Internship • 8 students have finished BS and dietetic Internship • 8 students are enrolled in dietetic Internship • 2 students are enrolled in long distance internship (ISPP-Individual supervised practice pathway) • 4 students have BS and are working without internship due to financial issues or choice • 10 students are beginning senior year in Fall 2014 • 7 students will begin junior year in Fall 2014 • 3 students left program due academic major change; 2 to psychology, 1 to sociology Goal 2. By 2014, to increase the number of licensed Hispanic RD's prepared to combat childhood obesity in the Hispanic community by 20 (a 16% national Hispanic workforce increase based on 125 prepared by all US programs in 2009). FINAL STATUS:Met at 80% (16 of 20 met goal We have 16 students who have completed program and taken RD exam by end of 2014 funding We have 8 students in progress of completing dietetic internship and will be eligible to take the exam within the 2014-2015 academic year.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
White JH, Beto JA. Strategies for Addressing the Internship Shortage and Ethnic Diversity in Dietetics. J Acad Nutr Diet 113(6):771-775, 2013
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Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: 1. Audience (60 non-major students, public, food industry professionals) attended our two food industry "showcases" where cultural food projects developed in the NUTR 390 Experimental Foods course laboratory were displayed and students explained the skills they used to develop. 2. Audience (200 non-major students, public) attended our "Recipe Box" cafes, the laboratory of the NUTR 407 Quantity Foods and Production course. When cultural foods/menus were served, educational handouts and student interaction with audience connected food careers and nutrition awareness. 3. Audience (150 care professionals and students) attended our annual Diversity in Dietetics workshop with emphasis on Hispanic foods, role of nutrition in Hispanic heritage, display of Hispanic foods as part of interactive lunch presentation. 4. Audience (70000+ registered dietitians, food professionals, and unknown readers of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) were exposed to our June 2013 published manuscript: White JH, Beto JA. Strategies for Addressing the Internship Shortage and Ethnic Diversity in Dietetics. (Commentary). J Acad Nutr Diet 113(6):771-775, 2013. 5. Audience (500+ food professionals) attended the June 2013 NACTA conference where we presented our poster: Application of Hispanic Culture to Food and Nutrition Curriculum Projects Promotes Student Self-Identity while Disseminating Diversity to a Wider Audience. J. Beto, K Montalbano, N Rivera, K Silverman, K Schury, A Irizarry, A Valenzuela. 6. Audience (800+ public, potential future students) visited our booths at various Hispanic community local summer community health fairs, food tastings, HSI community college interest tables (Morton College, Cicero IL;, Triton College, RIver Grove IL), and multicultural farmer markets events to share exposure to Hispanic role models employed in nutrition (A. Irizarry + at least one PUENTES student); handouts on healthy eating, career path options Changes/Problems: We have applied for and received an extension of our 2011-2013 funding to May 2014 (no additional funding requested, just an extension of remaining funds). The three primary reasons for this request were: 1. As part of our PUENTES work, we advised the pending 2012 Hispanic-serving institution community college transfers students to complete 1-2 additional semesters on the community college level (at a lower cost) in order to enter Dominican University better prepared in math and science. This reduced the risk of an additional semester at higher tuition cost. This was based on our experience in 2011-2012 (first year of grant). Therefore, we delayed cohort for fall 2013 that will need PUENTES support services. Those students (n=8) are now enrolled in Fall 2013 and are accomodating well to our revised plan. 2. The Summer 2013 recruitment plans were unable to effectively reach the target numbers of Hispanic high school and transfer students. The primary reasons were a) travel to Mexico or Latin America for extended family vacations, and b) confict of summer work hours that prevented attendance at planned community events. We have five Hispanic feeder high schools and two Hispanic-serving institution community colleges that are the focus of our two planned fall open houses. In addition, we will be designing a new "visual" recruitment campaign for bus stops using input from existing PUENTES students. 3. After attendance and poster presentation at NACTA, we realized PUENTES needed to be further disseminated at the annual meeting of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition, October 19-21 2013 at Houston). The project director (Judy Beto) and a PUENTES preceptor (Ana Irizarry) went to that meeting. Ana presented an abstract. Judy Beto began face-to-face student collaboration with the LAHIDAN special interest group (Latinos and Hispanics in Dietetics and Nutrition), www.eatrightlahidan.org. All PUENTES students will have paid memberships to this special interest group through grant funds. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? 1.The project has trained two preceptors that continue to work within the PUENTES grant and serve as active role models to the PUENTES students. 2.The project has connected with the newly formedAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics Membership Interest Group LAHIDAN (Latinos and Hispanics in Dietetics and Nutrition) by 1) paying for the student membership of each PUENTES student into this organization for 2012-2013, 2) connecting with the LAHIDAN leadership to work on future collaborative projects, 3) beginning the network of local LAHIDAN members to come to campus and serve as hands-on mentors to the PUENTES students while providing professional development outreach to the professionals themselves through our academic programs and continuing education opportunitites. 3. The Diversity in Dietetics Workshop in March 2013 provided an interactive program with emphasis on Hispanic culture. The PUENTES grant sponsored one of the out-of-town speaker with special expertise in cultural competence. Ana Irizarry, a PUENTES-trained preceptor presented an interactive visual display of common Hispanic foods followed by a Hispanic lunch featuring these foods. The project director, Dr. Beto, presented on complementary nutrition and medicine pathways often present in cultural counseling. 4. A PUENTES-trained preceptor and selected PUENTES students are providing voluntary nutrition counseling to two local clinics in Spanish. This provides an interactive training and exposure to future practice opportunities to the students while exposing the public to the value of culturally connected counseling. PUENTES students work with the PUENTES preceptor to see role-models in action and develop community network experiences for future employment opportunites. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? 1. We have published a peer-reviewed commentary that highlighted the PUENTES program as an example of how to directly address the lack of Hispanic registered dietitians in the profession. (see publications: June 2013 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) 2. We have aligned with the LAHIDAN special interest group of the Academy of Nutriiton and Dietetics (Latinos and Hispanics in Dietetics and Nutrition). We have submitted an article to their newsletter highlight our work and encouraging replication at multiple community levels to increase the number of Hispanic registered dietitians, a direct goal of PUENTES. 3. The PUENTES grant was described in the Dominican alumni magazine. 4. We have been active visual "exhibitors" at numerous local Hispanic community health fairs, HSI community college career tables. We have provided real-life Hispanic role models for the community to identify/interact as either career or "user" pathways. Our presence as translators intwo local public health clinics has provided direct nutrition services to the community that were not present prior to the PUENTES grant. 5. Displayed our NACTA abstract in the active traffic hallway of Parmer Hall to disseminate our program and outcomes to the greater campus and visitor community. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? 1. Abstract, Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, October 2013, Houston, on our work in the community 2. Submit abstract on work in Hispanic community with Block-by-Block program to Diversity workshop in 2014. 3. Develop a sustainable networking relationship with local LAHIDAN registered dietitians; bring them to campus to meet PUENTES students; develop networking systems 4. Create a series of 6 LAHIDAN member 3-min videos describing their work and post on the PUENTES website 5. Continue to upgrade the PUENTES website for sustainability and content after the grant ends 6. Continue recruiting efforts and career exposure to the surrounding Hispanic and non-Hispanic community through scheduled Admissions open houses, high school visits, career fairs, HSI community college articulation agreements and career table events 7. Develop a cohesive group of PUENTES current students to mentor potential students; plan to develop a sustainable network of mentor opportunities that can be accessed over time; keeping PUENTES students in the forefront of nutrition awareness as they go through their career development. 8. Send final report to all USDA-HSI project directors to share what we learned from our grant so they can benefit from education strategies that worked for us
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Program accomplishments by goal: 1. By Fall 2012, to develop, replicate, and implement Dominican’s current CADE-accredited coordinated graduate dietetic internship-MBA as a second-accredited coordinated undergraduate dietetic internship program with an enrollment of at least 10 Hispanic students in each of three cohorts: post-degree graduates, senior, and junior levels STATUS TO DATE: Accredited undergraduate program was replicated and approved ahead of Fall 2012 target and is in progress Enrollment: we have exceeded enrollment goal (see breakdown below) 2.By 2014, to increase the number of licensed Hispanic RD’s prepared to combat childhood obesity in the Hispanic community by 20 (a 16% national Hispanic workforce increase based on 125 prepared by all US programs in 2009). STATUS TO DATE: 31 students in program 4 students have finished MBA and Dietetic Internship 3 students have finished BS and Dietetic Internship 4 students are enrolled in Dietetic Internship 4 students have BS and will begin Dietetic Internship in Fall 2013 8 students are beginning senior year in Fall 2013 8 students will begin junior year in Fall 2013
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
White JH, Beto JA. Strategies for Addressing the Internship Shortage and Ethnic Diversity in Dietetics. (Commentary). J Acad Nutr Diet 113(6):771-775, 2013
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The PUENTES grant awarded to Dominican University enabled us to receive two program accreditations by the Accreditation Commission of Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. First, for a coordinated undergraduate dietetics education program to provide required 1200 hours of supervised clinical practice within the bachelor's degree. Second, we were selected to participate in an ACEND demonstration project to develop an ISPP (Individual Supervised Practice Pathway) as a creative distance and local learning dietetic education program that recognize work related experience. We completed the following PUENTES-grant related events during the first-year of our grant period presented in alphabetical order: CCOC (Chicago Childhood Obesity Consortium meetings; a community college career counselor on-campus program; a Dietetics Diversity Workshop with sponsored Multicultural Speaker; worked with the Headstart in the City of Chicago to deliver nutrition education and planning; completed the grant Hispanic Preceptor Training; implemented the Maywood Access to Care Clinic; was a sponsoring partner of the Maywood Multicultural Market; established a working relationship with Morton College, a Hispanic-serving institution community college located in Cicero IL using on-campus presentations; and attended the USDA New Investigator Meeting, October 2011, Washington DC. We completed the following PUENTES-grant related products during the first-year of our grant period presented in random order: designed, printed, and disseminated a unique brochure designed for Hispanic community college student recruitment; established the Hispanic nutrition peer-student mentoring program; created the PUENTES website; created a PUENTES poster for the October 2011 New USDA Investigator Meeting; submitted the USDA Multicultural Scholarship Program grant application in August 2012, completed the payment of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics student dues for enrolled Hispanic nutrition students; created a Hispanic-focused nutrition education resource center for use in community-based activities (including culturally appropriate food models, education brochures, learning activities); completed the articulation agreement with Triton College, a Hispanic-serving institution community college located in River Grove, IL. PARTICIPANTS: The PUENTES grant individuals who participated are: Judith Beto PhD RD, Principal Investigator, met with all stakeholders regularly and was primary contact person for Morton College outreach, the USDA-liaison Julio Puentes. Kathryn Montalbano MLS functioned as the faculty academic Hispanic mentor, supervised all student activities, supervised the two Hispanic peer mentor students, wrote brochure, drafted and finalized the articulation agreement with Triton College. Elisa Fischer MS RD supervised the Maywood Access to Care Clinic, the Maywood Multicultural Market, and the Hispanic preceptor training. Jill White EdD RD supervised the Headstart and CLOCC outreach. She coordinated the Diversity in Dietetics Workshop. Professor White is also the director of the new ACEND coordinated pathway and supervises students enrolled in that program. TARGET AUDIENCES: There are four primary target audiences that the PUENTES grant focuses on. First, the community college students currently enrolled in the two local Hispanic-serving community colleges that are our primary recruitment outreach effort in the first grant year. In the first year, we have finalized the articulation agreement with Triton. We have begun serious work on the existing articulation agreement with Morton that requires updating, and accomplished six effective campus visits to small audiences (< 100 students). Second, the greater Hispanic community that surrounds our campus through our work in the Access to Care clinic, the Multicultural Market, and general Hispanic community events that involve family. Our goal is to introduce the professional of dietetics to these families through delivery of free nutrition services, exposure to Hispanic nutrition professionals as career role models, and dissemination of colorful brochures. Third, the existing students at Dominican University through use of our PUENTES grant posters and on-campus nutrition activities. We estimate more than 950 individuals have viewed the poster which has resulted in more than 15 inquires about nutrition as a major. If student themselves are not interested, we are optimistic they may tell others in their community about nutrition career opportunities. Fourth, through our hands-on work with Headstart and CLOCC. These programs are well-established but we bring new participants and new ideas to the table. In the second grant year, we will add a fifth target audience of local high schools that feed into the community colleges. We will begin exposure of careers in dietetics and their impact on the Hispanic community through a series of career day presentations by the trained preceptors and peer-student mentors to selected high school audiences. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The PUENTES grant awarded to Dominican University enabled us to provide new outreach and impact to the Hispanic community we serve. First, the new ACEND coordinated undergraduate dietetics education program approved 24 new internship slots as 12 full-time and 12 part time slots. We were able to enroll three Hispanic students who were unable to ACEND computer match in the past. They completed the program during our first grant year. These three students will take the RD exam during the fall of the second grant year and upon passing, will be able to enter directly into professional practice We report on the number of individuals that were exposed/attended to our PUENTES events during the first grant year: CCOC (Chicago Childhood Obesity Consortium meetings (16 total contact hours, 4 meetings, 4 individuals), a Community college career counselor on-campus program (4 hours on campus, 15 counselors, 6 Dominican staff and administrators with our USDA-liaison Julio Puentes; the Dietetics Diversity Workshop was attended by 170 individuals with one Multicultural Speaker sponsored with the PUENTES grant, the Headstart City of Chicago nutrition education and planning involved 6 Hispanic students, 4 Dominican staff, and over 500 children during the first grant year; completed the PUENTES grant Hispanic Preceptor Training for two Hispanic Spanish-speaking individuals who then actively preceptored for the Maywood Access to Care Clinic; implemented the Maywood Access to Care Clinic with Spanish-speaking Hispanic preceptors (see prior event) using 2 preceptors, 8 students, and reaching more than 115 community patients at nutritional risk by providing free nutrition support and counseling; was a sponsoring partner of the Maywood Multicultural Market on Saturdays June-August 2012 by providing 4 hours per week of nutrition education and activities using 1 preceptor, 2 students, and 90 people visiting for the season, four visits to Morton Community College to provide on-campus presentations to 29 individuals, and the PUENTES principal investigator attended the USDA New Investigator Meeting, October 2011, Washington DC. We report on the impact of the following PUENTES-grant related products during the first-year of our grant period. A total of 250 brochures for Hispanic community college student recruitment have been disseminated directly in community family events, trained two Hispanic nutrition students to deliver the peer-student mentoring program to 10 students , created the PUENTES website (we are unable to track "hits"), created a PUENTES poster for the October 2011 New USDA Investigator Meeting and posted in a location where students congregate (estimated 950 individuals have viewed), submitted the USDA Multicultural Scholarship Program grant application in August 2012 to fund two students per year per class, completed the payment of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics student dues for 6 of the enrolled Hispanic nutrition students, created an expansive Hispanic-focused nutrition education resource center used at the Maywood Access to Care Clinic and the Maywood Multicultural Market.
Publications
- The following publication was submitted and accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the Journal of the American Dietetic Association). White J, Beto JA. Creating a Clinical Preceptor Career Pathway May Address the Internship Shortage and Ethnic Diversity in Dietetics. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, in press, 2013
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