Effect of a nutrition education program on nutrition-related knowledge of English-as-Second-Language elementary school students: A pilot study

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Garcia Lascurain, Maria C ^a,b   Kicklighter, Jana R ^a   Jonnalagadda, Satya S ^a   Boudolf, Erin Atkerson ^b   Duchon, Deborah ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Novartis Medical Nutrition ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ESL students; Immigrant children; Nutrition education; Nutrition knowledge; Nutrition program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AFGHANISTAN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GEORGIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; IRAQ; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 31144454309     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-6342-9     Document Type: Article

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