Learner-Centered Nutrition Education Improves Folate Intake and Food-Related Behaviors in Nonpregnant, Low-Income Women of Childbearing Age

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1627-1635

  Cena, Emily R ^a   Joy, Amy Block ^a   Heneman, Karrie ^a   Espinosa Hall, Gloria ^a   Garcia, Linda ^a   Schneider, Connie ^a   Wooten Swanson, Patti C ^a   Hudes, Mark ^a   Zidenberg Cherr, Sheri ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; POVERTY; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RISK FACTORS; TEACHING; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 52149104048     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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