Food Safety Education Using an Interactive Multimedia Kiosk in a WIC Setting: Correlates of Client Satisfaction and Practical Issues

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-207

  Trepka, Mary Jo ^a   Newman, Frederick L ^a   Huffman, Fatma G ^a   Dixon, Zisca ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

computer assisted instruction; food safety education; foodborne illness prevention; health education; maternal child health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SERVICES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MOTHERS; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951255765     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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