The effect of a nutrition education program on the nutritional knowledge, hemoglobin levels, and nutritional status of nicaraguan adolescent girls

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-152

  Moore, Jean Burley ^a   Pawloski, Lisa ^a   Rodriguez, Claudia ^a   Lumbi, Laura ^b   Ailinger, Rita ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Universidad Politecnica de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Latin America; Nicaragua; Nutrition education; Self care deficit nursing theory

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849128201     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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