FITNESS CLINIC FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
The
Fitness Clinic for Individuals with Disabilities is a community outreach program
through the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State
University. Our clinic serves those from the San Diego region with a wide
variety of physical challenges or disabilities and offers them the opportunity
to reach their fitness and exercise goals. We assist clients and develop management
skills for disabilities that include: multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease,
post-CVA (stroke), brain injury, cerebral palsy, transverse myelitis, post-polio,
spinal cord injury. Clients' age has ranged from 12 to 87 years.
The clinic also serves
as an educational experience for our students in the Kinesiology major. Students,
under the direct guidance and supervision of faculty and staff, work directly
with our clients on a variety of exercises and activities.
Visit the Fitness Clinic Website.
SAN
DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY WIC PROGRAM
The Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), administered by the
Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, serves
women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or recently had a baby, infants under
12 months old, and children under 5 years old. WIC is not an entitlement program;
rather, it provides food assistance and nutrition education for clients who
meet WIC income limits, live in an area served by a WIC clinic, need improved
dietary intake, and have nutrition-related health problems. Clients receive
vouchers to be used in grocery stores for the purchase of foods that are high
in protein, iron, calcium, and vitamins A, C, and D. Studies indicate that for
every dollar spent on WIC services, the GAO and other independent evaluatory
bodies estimate about $3.13 for white women and $4.65 for black women are saved
in health care costs.
The SDSU Foundation WIC Program presently serves approximately 38,000 clients in San Diego County and represents the first close alignment between an academic institution and a food assistance program. SDSU's Foods and Nutrition graduates with B.S. degrees are employed by WIC as nutrition assistants while graduates who subsequently earn R.D. status, work in professional and supervisory capacities at WIC clinics.
The links between WIC
and the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences are numerous. They
include field placements for undergraduate Foods and Nutrition students, research
opportunities for graduate students, and rotation sites for dietetic interns.
WIC personnel serve as guest lecturers in nutrition courses. Some estimates
suggest that, more than any other single entity, WIC programs in California
will employ more graduates with degrees in Foods and Nutrition. These ties,
coupled with the commitment of the College of Professional Studies and Fine
Arts and the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences to community
service, demonstrate the importance of this alliance toward improving the
health and well being of children from low income families.
Visit the WIC Website.
CENTER FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE
Formerly, The Adult Fitness Program (1958-2004)
Click on link below to visit the COHP website
CENTER FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE
COACHING
SCIENCE ABSTRACTS
(http://coachsci.sdsu.edu/index.htm)
In 1995, Dr. Brent Rushall launched the web-based electronic journal, Coaching Science Abstracts. He is the sole web master and author of content. One of the intentions of this journal was to broadcast ENS' presence to the world. The site has received awards from Lycos, Encyclopedia Britannica, MyStartingPoint.com, the Internet Content Rating Association, Schoolzone, Swimmersworld.com, Openhere.com, and StudyWeb. Since 1995, more than 600K individuals have visited the home page and the site receives, on average, in excess of 500K hits per month. There are 1700 links to this site listed by the Google search engine. Personal inquiries of Dr. Rushall have been received from 78 countries since the inception of this web-based resource.
In Spring 2002, a search engine for the Coaching Science Abstracts site was added. Activity on the site has increased significantly since then. User’s now bookmark the search engine rather than the site’s home page. From September through November 2002, the search engine page averaged 30 K hits per month. This resource for persons interested in sport and sport coaching is the premier web site cited in web searches (keywords: sport coaching, coaching science, sport science).
The production of Coaching
Science Abstracts is an on-going procedure. Three issues are produced each
semester. Titles of issues repeat every three years. This allows readers to
follow the development of work in a particular area of sport science over
time
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