Healthy Eating and Harambee: Curriculum development for a culturally-centered bio-medically oriented nutrition education program to reach African American women of childbearing age

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 535-547

  Kannan, Srimathi ^a   Sparks, Arlene V ^b   DeWitt Webster, J ^c   Krishnakumar, Ambika ^d   Lumeng, Julie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Genesee County Community Action Resource Department   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans Stages of change; Nutrition curriculum; Nutrition education materials; PEN 3; Women of childbearing age

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PEER GROUP; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MICHIGAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PEER GROUP; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77956265598     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0507-9     Document Type: Article

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