Mailed-home nutrition education for rural seniors: a pilot study
1992
Crockett, S.J. | Heller, K.E. | Skauge, L.H. | Merkel, J.M.
This article reports the pilot evaluation of a six-week, mailed-home nutrition education intervention. A pretest-posttest design was used to determine the degree to which seniors altered their eating patterns, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs. Format of the study packets, selection of messages and content for the mailed-home materials were based on opinions expressed in focus group interviews. Focus group results indicated that 60- to 70-year-old seniors were more interested in changing their eating patterns than were seniors older than 75 years. In addition, the results provided information about influential sources of health information, interesting nutrition education topics, preferred educational channels and recommended incentives for participation.
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