A Comparison of the Effectiveness of an Adult Nutrition Education Program for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Australians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Simone Pettigrew
Michelle I. Jongenelis
Sarah Moore
Iain S. Pratt
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 145, November 2015, pp. 120-124
Description
Pre-and post evaluations of the FOODcents courses were used to assess confidence in the ability to buy healthy foods on a budget, nutrition knowledge, and dietary behaviours. Perceptions about course usefulness were comparable between the two groups, while Aboriginal participants showed larger improvements in applying the teachings.