The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a downloadable public-use dataset that provides information on socioeconomic, food security, diet and health related information of a nationally representative sample of U.S. population of all ages. In the presentation, a secondary data analyses of NHANES will be discussed in testing hypotheses related to food insecurity and breastfeeding practices.

Presenters

• Jigna M. Dharod, PhD, University of North Carolina- Greensboro
• Sandra Echeverria, PhD, University of North Carolina- Greensboro

Education Benefits

Participants of this webinar will receive 1 CEU for live attendance. The webinar provides information on the following:

SNEB Nutrition Educator Competencies

• 1.6. Describe the basic types of approaches used by researchers to study diet-health relationships and describe their advantages and limitations.
• 2.1. Identify the primary dietary issues for each phase of the life cycle.
• 10.1. Analyze, evaluate, and interpret nutrition education research and apply it to practice.

CDR Performance Indicators

• 6.2.2 Demonstrates knowledge of research instruments and tools (e.g., surveys, interview tools) to support research initiatives.
• 6.3.4 Defines and establishes appropriate measurements and evaluations.
• 12.2.7 Utilizes applicable databases to analyze and assess variables associated with the target population.

CDR Learning Need Codes

• 4050 Epidemiology
• 4070 Food security and hunger
• 9020 Evaluation and application of research