Can Distance Education Prepare Future Public Health Nutritionists? A Case Study

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-38

  Laraia, Barbara A ^a   Dodds, Janice M ^b   Benjamin, Sara ^b   Jones, Sonya J ^c   Carbone, Elena T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

distance education; learner outcomes; nutrition curriculum; public health nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37449032510     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.04.377     Document Type: Article

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