Meaningful Messages: Adults in the Lower Mississippi Delta Provide Cultural Insight into Strategies for Promoting the MyPyramid

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-50

  Zoellner, Jamie ^a,b   Bounds, Wendy ^a,b   Connell, Carol ^a,b   Yadrick, ^a,b   Crook, LaShaundrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; MyPyramid; qualitative data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; NUTRITION POLICY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149095872     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. US Department of Health and Human Services, US Department of Agriculture. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005 (2005), US Department of Health and Human Services and US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
2. US Department of Agriculture. MyPyramid Web site. Available at: http://www.mypyramid.gov/. Accessed September 9, 2009.
3. Haven J., Burns A., Herring D., and Britten P. MyPyramid.gov provides consumers with practical nutrition information at their fingertips. J Nutr Educ Behav 38(suppl 6) (2006) S153-S154
4. US Census Bureau. US Census Web site. Available at: http://www.census.gov/. Accessed September 9, 2009.
5. Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Consortium. Self-reported health of residents of the Mississippi Delta. J Health Care Poor Underserved 15 (2004) 645-662
6. Smith J., Lensing S., Horton J., et al. Prevalence of self-reported nutrition-related health problems in the Lower Mississippi Delta. Am J Public Health 89 (1999) 1418-1421
7. McCabe-Sellers B.J., Bowman S., Stuff J.E., Champagne C.M., Simpson P.M., and Bogle M.L. Assessment of the diet quality of US adults in the Lower Mississippi Delta. Am J Clin Nutr 86 (2007) 697-706
8. Champagne C., Bogle M., McGee B., et al. Dietary intake in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region: results for the Foods of Our Delta Study. J Am Diet Assoc 104 (2004) 199-207
9. Institute of Medicine. Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion (2004), The National Academies Press, Washington, DC
10. Partridge E., Fouad M., Hinton A., et al. The Deep South Network for Cancer Control: eliminating cancer disparities through community-academic collaboration. Fam Community Health 28 (2005) 6-19
11. Leedy P., and Ormrod J. Practical Research: Planning and Design. 7th ed (2001), Merrill Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
12. Strauss A., and Corbin J. Basics of Qualitative Research (1998), SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
13. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005 (2005), US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Washington, DC
14. Welsh S., Davis C., and Shaw A. A brief history of food guides in the United States. Nutr Today 26 (1992) 6-11
15. Ndirangu M., Perkins H., Yadrick K., et al. Conducting needs assessment using the comprehensive participatory planning and evaluation model to develop nutrition and physical activity interventions in a rural community in the Mississippi Delta. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Practice (2007) 1.1:41-48
16. Yadrick K., Horton J., Stuff J., et al. Perceptions of community nutrition and health needs in the Lower Mississippi Delta: a key informant approach. J Nutr Educ 33 (2001) 266-277
17. Kotler P., Roberto N., and Lee N. Social Marketing: Improving the Quality of Life (2002), SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
18. Social Marketing National Excellence Collaborative. The Basics of Social Marketing: How to use marketing to change behavior. Turning Point National Program Office Web site. Available at: http://www.turningpointprogram.org/Pages/pdfs/social_market/smc_basics.p df. Accessed September 9, 2009
19. Webster G.R., and Bowman J. Quantitatively delineating the Black Belt geographic region. Southeast Geogr 48 (2008) 3-18