Reviewer: Patricia Sheean, RD (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Description: This is the second edition of a book detailing the tools of nutrition assessment for pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations. It was written by a variety of authors and contributors with expertise in the fields of medicine, nutrition, nursing, public health, and pharmacy.
Purpose: The purpose is to assist health care team members in understanding the process of comprehensive nutrition assessment. The authors' approach includes six steps: identification, screening, planning, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring.
Audience: The primary targets for this information are clinical dietitians and other health care members with a beginning interest in comprehensive nutrition intervention. For example, this book would be useful for dietitians entering a clinical setting who have been working in either community nutrition or food service management and are now interested in practicing clinical nutrition.
Features: Included in this book are newly revised and updated chapters covering assessment methodology; implementation of nutrition services in ambulatory, acute, critical, and geriatric care settings; cost effectiveness of nutrition services; and care models for integrating the text material into daily practice. New chapters in this second edition cover essential areas of critical care, adult anthropometry, hunger and food insufficiency, case management, and quality improvement. Additionally, the appendix is filled with unique and helpful information on equipment, nutrition objectives for the year 2000, body composition, and examples of assessment tools.
Assessment: This text provides most of the fundamental tools of complete nutrition care for a variety of populations in a easy-to-follow manner. Although it has expanded many pertinent areas, this text fails to provide an adequate number of 1990s references that could make it a much better, more reliable comprehensive tool. Also, the addition of case studies or examples would be helpful to convey and complement text material to the reader. The text seems to minimize the impact, importance, and skills involved with nutrition education, an area of great emphasis for the 21st century. This book may be helpful to newly interested clinicians in the field of nutrition assessment as a primary reference tool.
3 Stars from Doody
This is the second edition of a book detailing the tools of nutrition assessment for pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations. It was written by a variety of authors and contributors with expertise in the fields of medicine, nutrition, nursing, public health, and pharmacy. The purpose is to assist health care team members in understanding the process of comprehensive nutrition assessment. The authors' approach includes six steps: identification, screening, planning, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring. The primary targets for this information are clinical dietitians and other health care members with a beginning interest in comprehensive nutrition intervention. For example, this book would be useful for dietitians entering a clinical setting who have been working in either community nutrition or food service management and are now interested in practicing clinical nutrition. Included in this book are newly revised and updated chapters covering assessment methodology; implementation of nutrition services in ambulatory, acute, critical, and geriatric care settings; cost effectiveness of nutrition services; and care models for integrating the text material into daily practice. New chapters in this second edition cover essential areas of critical care, adult anthropometry, hunger and food insufficiency, case management, and quality improvement. Additionally, the appendix is filled with unique and helpful information on equipment, nutrition objectives for the year 2000, body composition, and examples of assessment tools. This text provides most of the fundamental tools of complete nutrition care for a variety of populations in a easy-to-follow manner. Although it has expanded manypertinent areas, this text fails to provide an adequate number of 1990s references that could make it a much better, more reliable comprehensive tool. Also, the addition of case studies or examples would be helpful to convey and complement text material to the reader. The text seems to minimize the impact, importance, and skills involved with nutrition education, an area of great emphasis for the 21st century. This book may be helpful to newly interested clinicians in the field of nutrition assessment as a primary reference tool.
Physicians, dieticians, and public health nutritionists describe nutrition assessment tools for use among various age groups, focusing on the identification of individuals and groups in the US who are at risk for nutrition-related problems. Includes examples of intervention models for use in hospitals and public health settings, and emphasizes the importance of program evaluation at all levels. This second edition includes new chapters on adult anthropometry, critical care, hunger and food insufficiency, case management, and preventative pediatric ambulatory care. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
