Nutrition Education for Black Elders: A Strategic Approach for Delivery

Ralston, Penny A.; Cohen, Nancy L.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3182(99)70445-0

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“…Contrary to popular belief, most elderly people continue to engage in learning throughout their lifetimes. For instance, Ralston and Cohen (1999) described elderly Blacks as being interested and motivated to learn, with many substantially involved in self-directed learning projects. Templeton (1991) characterized older adults in general as being a group who is receptive to nutrition education and who already realizes the importance of good nutrition.…”

Section: Journal Of Nutrition For the Elderlymentioning

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Concepts, Theories and Design Components for Nutrition Education Programs Aimed at Older Adults

Higgins

Barkley

2003

Journal of Nutrition For the Elderly

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This article examines characteristics of older adult learners and discusses adult education theory and empowerment concepts, along with nutrition education and behavioral change strategies for older adult nutrition education programs. Design components for older adult nutrition education programs are presented. Educational and behavioral change strategies should be selected based on characteristics of the intended audience, including their nutrition needs, wants and desires, and should be based on appropriate theory. Multi-disciplinary research is needed to develop behavioral and educational theoretical frameworks, as well as designs, intervention strategies, and evaluation methods for educational programs that lead to older adults adopting more healthful nutrition practices. This is one of a series of recent literature reviews on nutrition education for older adults.

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Section: Journal Of Nutrition For the Elderlymentioning

confidence: 99%

Concepts, Theories and Design Components for Nutrition Education Programs Aimed at Older Adults

Higgins

Barkley

2003

Journal of Nutrition For the Elderly

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“…Other areas where this heterogeneity may be overlooked in delivering nutrition education are educational level, gender, race/ethnicity, functional ability, economic status, and living arrangements. It has been noted that education efforts must be appropriate for differences, including race (Ralston and Cohen, 1999), gender (Williamson, 2000), and age and education level (Katz N.M., Gersh B.J., Cox J.L., 1998;Truluck and Courtenay, 1999). Determining the risk of malnutrition and the level of risk has important implications for use in targeting programming to the felt needs of the audience.…”

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Profiling Rural Southern Congregate Nutrition Site Participants

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Bearon²,

Velazquez³

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Journal of Nutrition For the Elderly

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A high degree of risk of malnutrition exists among low-income older adults, especially those attending congregate nutrition sites. Recognizing this, nutrition education programming is offered on a regular basis; however, levels of malnutrition risk persist at a high rate. The current study focuses on the diversity of this audience and the premise that nutrition education appropriately targeted more specifically to this audience would bring about behavior change and affect risk of malnutrition. Therefore, the current study identified the risk factors for and level of risk of malnutrition in a southern rural congregate nutrition site participant population and determined that subsets of this population are at greater risk of malnutrition than the whole. Socio-demographic characteristics were found to vary with behavioral risk factors for malnutrition. This study should be of particular interest to educators who wish to develop effective nutrition education programming by targeting older adults more specifically. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1

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Health Promotion and Black Elders

Dancy

Ralston

2002

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This article profiles three subgroups of African American elders that are at risk in terms of health. Major barriers to optimum health for older rural Blacks are a lack of confidence in the formal health care system, greater rates of poverty than urban elders, geographic isolation, and lack of access to health care and to social supports; for older Black women, barriers include attitudes that reflect an overestimation of health, health pessimism, a lack of confidence in the health care system, lower economic resources, and major family responsibilities that affect the availability of money for, and time to seek, health care; and for older-aged Blacks, barriers are lack of confidence in the formal health care system, dependence on informal supports for health care and an underutilization of formal supports, and lower socioeconomic levels due to this cohort’s education and occupational status. Implications for theory, policy, and practice are discussed.

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Nutrition Education for Black Elders: A Strategic Approach for Delivery

Cited by 5 publications

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Concepts, Theories and Design Components for Nutrition Education Programs Aimed at Older Adults

Concepts, Theories and Design Components for Nutrition Education Programs Aimed at Older Adults

Profiling Rural Southern Congregate Nutrition Site Participants

Health Promotion and Black Elders

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