Knowledge, skills, and behavior improvements on peer educators and low- income Hispanic participants after a stage of change-based bilingual nutrition education program

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-262

  Taylor, Terry ^a   Serrano, Elena ^b   Anderson, Jennifer ^b   Kendall, Patricia ^b  

^a Educational Content and Delivery   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanics; Nutrition education; Peer educators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; SKILL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORADO; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0034080536     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005160216289     Document Type: Article

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