E4: Immigrant Health and Nutrition Counselling
The purpose of the workshop is to provide knowledge, skills and strategies for frontline workers as they provide counselling to clients and promote health to their communities. This workshop will cover topics such as the most updated research of genetic analysis and nutrition science, epidemics among immigrants including obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetics, knowledge of Canadian food and bioactive diet, and principles methods for providing nutrition counselling. Useful resources and internet links will be provided for service providers and their clients.
Jian Guan, PhD., Registered Nutrition Counselor. Specializing in public health and immigrant adaptation. Currently teaching at Ryerson University, President of the Canadian Academy of Natural Health. Research publications focus on immigrants’ health and acculturation, depression and access to social services among Canadian Chinese seniors, cross-cultural comparison of seniors’ physical and mental health, cultural effects on physician/patient relations, social and psychological impact of epidemics, and ethical challenge of medicine. Course taught include Medical Sociology, Sociology and Health, Values and Ethics for Health Professionals, Leadership Ethics, and Nutrition Counseling.
