RESUMO
The present and future technology of telecommunications will revolutionize the promotion and dissemination of health and nutrition services. Telecommunications can extend health and nutrition services because of its communicating and tracking capability. The University Affiliated Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders' Federal Project and other selected projects and programs using telecommunications technology illustrate the promotion and dissemination of nutrition and health services and the economic and efficient aspects of teleconferencing, electronic mail, and video imaging. This technology must be incorporated into the field of nutrition and health to meet the changing advances in the world and to improve the nutrition and health of individuals--particularly those who are at high risk, such as children with developmental disorders and chronic diseases.
Assuntos
Administração de Serviços de Saúde , Ciências da Nutrição , Telecomunicações , Ocupações em Saúde/educação , Ciências da Nutrição/educaçãoRESUMO
Diets of patients at the University Affiliated Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders were evaluated in order to identify relationships between nutritional deficiencies and selected physical, psychological, and socioeconomic factors. Results showed primary nutritional and feeding problems to be: low ascorbic acid and iron intakes, lack of a daily source of fluorid, protein intake of borderline biological quality, and mechanical and postnatal feeding difficulties. Nutritional and feeding problems were correlated with various hematological, psychological, anatomical, and social factors.