Qualitative investigation of the cooking with kids program: Focus group interviews with fourth-grade students, teachers, and food educators

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 517-524

  Lukas, Catherine V ^a   Cunningham Sabo, Leslie ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Cooking; New Mexico; Nutrition; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CHILD; COOKING; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW MEXICO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 80855130922     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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