Tf
nutrition planning.
workers
to help
The same office will
those
who
want
to
grow
train food production field
vegetables
for
fheir
family
consumption.
The Community Action Agency, a private organization, offfers a family
nutrition education demonstration program. They also offer an
ging program
which is primarily nutrition related.
The Department of Education has a health education program
grade students
that
includes a nutrition component.
It
for all 10th
sO provides
breakfast and lunch to all elemnentary and high school students and supper
to boarding students at Marshall Island High School in Majurp
High School.
The Head Start Program offers breakfast, Tunch,
children in that program.
and Jaluit
afd a snack to
They also offer weekiy meetings with parents to
teach them about nutrition, child development, child health,fetc.
It is
difficult to assess the impact of these programs.
Recommendations
1.
Maintain a nutritionist as a regular component of th@
Primary Care with
responsibilities for evaluation,
promotion of nutrition programs.
2.
division of
dducation
and
|
Collect basic nutrition data so it can be evaluated an
utilized in
health planning.
3.
Develop inservice education for health workers on the
rple nutrition
plays, along with appropriate recommendations, in childhood diseases,
pregnancy, hypertension and diabetes.
4.
Develop community nutrition materials and programs forftuse over the
radio and through community groups.
5.
Encourage more research and development into food production methods
appropriate
for
the
atoll
environment.
Include@
should
be
coordination of nutritionists and agriculturists to iftroduce more
fruits and vegetables into the diet.
Recommendations
For improving
food production are on file at Loma Linda University.
7.
Sacial Problems
In an attempt to meet the needs of the Marshallese people}
provided by the Governments of the Marshall Islands and the
church
groups
and
leaders, outside professional
volunteers working in special projects.
services are
United States,
consultantB,
and
local