Assessment of nutrition education needs in an urban school district in Connecticut: Establishing priorities through research

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 559-562

  Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^b   Haldeman, Lauren ^a   Gray, Sharon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TEACHER; TEACHING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CONNECTICUT; CURRICULUM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036548248     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90130-6     Document Type: Article

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