Barriers to nutrition education for older adults, and nutrition and aging training opportunities for educators, healthcare providers, volunteers and caregivers

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 99-121

  Higgins, Mary Meck ^a   Barkley, Mary Clarke ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Caregiver; Ethnic groups; Health educators; Healthcare provider; Minority; Nutrition education; Older adults; Training

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATORS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 3242669859     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v23n04_07     Document Type: Article

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