This practical book will explains nutrition research with straightforward directions and examples to assist practitioners in performing outcomes research and cost benefits analysis in clinical practice. Guidelines for planning, organizing, conducting, and communicating research project findings are also included. Practice-Oriented Nutrition Research, with its multidisciplinary approach, has case studies of research efforts led by dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, and physicians. The text is appropriate for graduate and undergraduate nutrition research courses in any health care field, or for...

Numerous women in our culture have experienced shame, degradation, and despair as a result of having been sexually traumatized early in life. Some of these women end up in unhappy marriages or abusive relationships; some fall prey to a variety of addictions, silently or publicly; and some find themselves working in the sex industry. And for many survivors, their situations and the situations that have brought them there are secrets that have no voice. In Singing with the Sirens, experts Ellyn Bell and Stacey Bell address the long term complex trauma that results from the sexual abuse and...