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Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs

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Population<br />

“<strong>Children</strong> <strong>with</strong> special health care needs” refers to children <strong>with</strong> or at increased risk<br />

<strong>for</strong> a broad range of chronic illnesses or disabling conditions who require intervention<br />

beyond basic, routine, pediatric care.<br />

Organization of the Book<br />

The book is divided into three sections.<br />

Section 1 “Determination of <strong>Nutrition</strong>al Status” outlines the recommended<br />

procedures <strong>for</strong> nutrition screening, and assessment; and addresses the prerequisite<br />

steps to take in the development of a nutrition intervention care plan.<br />

Section 2 “Problem-Based <strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong>” addresses the nutrition-related<br />

problems that are more common across a wide range of diagnoses.<br />

Section 3 “Condition-Specific <strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong>” addresses nutrition<br />

management related to specific diseases and disorders that have strong nutrition<br />

components.<br />

Intervention strategies <strong>with</strong> evaluation/outcomes are presented in each chapter<br />

based on the following screening and assessment components:<br />

• Anthropometric<br />

• Biochemical<br />

• Clinical/Medical history<br />

• Dietary<br />

• Feeding<br />

• Socioeconomic characteristics<br />

Each chapter contains a “<strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong>” table that addresses steps to take<br />

in assessment, appropriate interventions to consider, and achievable outcomes.<br />

Some material is intentionally repeated in the summary table <strong>for</strong> each chapter,<br />

recognizing that users of this book may want to utilize individual chapters as “free<br />

standing” documents. This is also why references are included <strong>with</strong> each chapter<br />

versus one list at the end of the book.<br />

Lastly, there is an extensive Appendix that provides more detailed supportive<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong> the topics presented in the earlier sections and includes many useful<br />

tools.<br />

iv <strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Children</strong> With <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Needs</strong>

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