Nutrition education for student community volunteers: A comparative study of two different communication methods

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-112

  Vijayapushpam, T ^a   Subba Rao, G M ^a   Antony, Grace Maria ^b   Raghunatha Rao, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^b Centre for Social Development   (India)

Author keywords

Folk dance form; Nutrition education; Nutrition knowledge; Print media; Student volunteers

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; MEDIA ROLE; NUTRITION; STUDENT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 48449088041     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650802900204     Document Type: Article

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