Online Learning Modules
	ABCs of Folic Acid Counseling - This tutorial is designed to help health professionals learn how to quickly counsel women about folic acid and help them reduce their risk of having a child with spina bifida. Developed by the Spina Bifida Association in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
	Assessment and Management of Overweight and Obese Adult Patients - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. National Institutes of Health. This online course emphasizes the importantce of weight management and discusses when and how to treat overweight and obese patients.
	Breastfeeding Training - A training course from the Virginia Department of Health and the University of Virginia Health System. This training course provides information regarding the theory and practice of lactation management.
	Designing a WIC Newsletter - Vitural workshop from the Massachusetts WIC Training Web on designing and developing a newsletter for WIC participants or fellow WIC professionals.
	Dietary Standards Tutorial - MyPyramid.gov: Steps to a Healthier You - Oklahoma State University, Department of Nutritional Sciences.
	Eat Well for Less - Self-paced, Web-based learning modules that discuss meal planning and preparation including using the Food Guide Pyramid, preventing food borne illness and shopping on a budget from Oregon State University Extension Service (originally designed for educators and participants in the Food Stamp Program).
	Fats and Health - The University of Massachusetts-Amherst Department of Nutrition, UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program.
	Growth Chart On-line Training Module - Online tutorial from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Designed to provide guidance to health care professionals using the pediatric growth charts.
	Growth Charts Interactive Training Modules - Online tutorial from the Health Resources and Service Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Designed to provide guidance to health care professionals using the pediatric growth charts.
	Health Literacy: New Field, New Opportunities - Online tutorial from World Education designed to teach health educators about the challenges associated with low health literacy. The participant will also learn about successful strategies and practices.
	A Health Professional's Guide to Pediatric Oral Health Management - Series of seven online modules from the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. Topics presented include how to perform oral screenings, provide referrals, and educate parents on the prevention of oral health diseases.
	Helping Teen Parents Feed Their Young Children - A computer-based learning module for nutrition educators that work with teen parents from the Oregon State University Extension Service, Family and Community Development.
	Lactation Education - This education project was a joint effort between the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the University of Missouri-Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing to update providers on best practices related to breastfeeding.
	LET: Leadership, Education and Training Program in Maternal and Child Nutrition Online Modules - The LET Program at the University of Minnesota has contracted with leaders in the field of public health, maternal and child health and maternal and pediatric nutrition to develop web based curricula on maternal and child nutrition related topics. Topics include Public Health Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Health Disparities and Connecting with Pregnant Adolescents.
	Make Your Calories Count - An interactive learning program created by US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. This program provides consumers with information to help plan a healthful diet while managing calorie intake. The exercises will help consumers use the food label to make decisions about which food choice is right for them.
	Maternal and Child Health Leadership Skills Development - The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health created a set of four modules that connect leadership concepts to a maternal/child health context. The series is designed for use in small groups.
	OpenCourseWare - Online access to courseware from nutrition, maternal/child health and other public-health related courses offered through the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
	Open Wide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals - Series of four self-contained online modules from the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. Designed to help health and early childhood professionals working in community settings (e.g., Head Start and WIC staff) promote oral health in the course of promoting general health for infants, children, and their families.
	Perinatal Depression: Awareness in Action, Making a Difference - Web-based curriculum developed by the Virginia Department of Health and the University of Virginia Health System. It is designed to help health professionals learn how to identify, treat or refer women with perinatal depression.
	Plain Language Training - Developed by the National Institutes of Health and designed to provide an overview of the basics of plain language. Includes practice exercises and examples.
	Promoting Good Health Through Diet and Lifestyle (Vietnamese) - Online lessons developed by the University of California Berkeley Cooperative Extension to promote healthy eating and physical activity in Vietnamese individuals.
	Public Health Cafe - Web cast presentations on a variety of public health -related topics from the California Distance Learning Network.
	Public Health Nutrition for the 21st Century Training Site - Unique program designed by the University of North Carolina School of Public Health to provide an introduction to research and practice of public health nutrition.
	Special Care: An Oral Health Professional’s Guide to Serving Young Children with Special Health Care Needs - National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resources Center. This series of five self-contained online modules is designed to provide oral health professionals with information to help ensure that young children with special health care needs have access to health promotion and disease prevention services.
	TexasWIC.org - Texas Department of State Health Services. The website is available in English and Spanish and includes 3 lessons for WIC participants as well as information on breastfeeding, cooking with fruits and vegetables and other nutrition resources for families.
	Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. Five online training modules designed to improve patient communication skills.
	Web-Based Training Module - Folic Acid - Online training in the basics of folic acid for health professionals. Developed by the Association of Schools of Public Health & March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.
	WIChealth.org - Online learning modules for WIC participants with the focus of providing education to parents and caregivers on healthy feeding practices from the USDA Midwest Regional Office of the Food and Nutrition Service and Western Michigan University.
	WIC Learning Online - Series of 18 modules for all levels of WIC staff developed by the USDA, WIC Works Resource System.

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