Determining the Food Irradiation Beliefs of Community Nutrition Educators: Do Beliefs Influence Educational Outreach?

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-55

  Thompson, Britta M ^a   Knight, Stephanie L ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Texas AM University   (United States)

Author keywords

beliefs; education; food safety; teacher

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD IRRADIATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOOD IRRADIATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING; TEXAS;

EID: 33646045072     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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