Nutrition Education: Principles, approaches and strategies

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Type
Book
ISBN 13
9789713013118
Category
Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Merriam & Webster Boosktore, Inc., Philippines
Pages
399
Subject
Nutrition--Study and teaching
Description
This textbook was written to provide college students and instructors in the Philippines a basic reference book that deals with the principles, approaches and strategies in Nutrition Education, with suggested laboratory activities to reinforce learning. Nutrition-Dietics and Education students taking up the course Nutrtition Education as well as nutrition professionals, teachers and health practitioners dealing with teaching or educating people on nutrition will find its publication useful to their work. Included are 8 chapters for readers to appropriate:
Overview of Nutrition Education for better understanding of its relationship to human development and community life
The Nutrition Educator - identifying roles and the required qualities and skills to become competent practitioners
Communication in Nutrition Education to apply communication dynamics in the delivery of effective nutrition education programs
Understanding of the learning process and behavior change: the basic laws and principles of learning; the aspects of human personality involved in learning; theories of behavior change, experiential learning and other methods of teaching and their application
Nutrition Education approaches and strategies to characterize successful programs and appreciate nutrition education efforts to improve nutrition status in the country
Planning and implementing a nutrition education program using the nutrition education planning cycle
Nutrition Education as an intervention highlighting the importance of quality care
Nutrition Education program application to have a hands-on activity in the implementation and evaluation of programs in various settings
Our ultimate objectives is to develop awareness and appreciation of the roles played by proper nutrition, environment, food and water sanitation and safety and the impact of education to improve dietary habits, lifestyle and overall health, by gaining more current knowledge from experts and sensibly applying them to daily living.
Overview of Nutrition Education for better understanding of its relationship to human development and community life
The Nutrition Educator - identifying roles and the required qualities and skills to become competent practitioners
Communication in Nutrition Education to apply communication dynamics in the delivery of effective nutrition education programs
Understanding of the learning process and behavior change: the basic laws and principles of learning; the aspects of human personality involved in learning; theories of behavior change, experiential learning and other methods of teaching and their application
Nutrition Education approaches and strategies to characterize successful programs and appreciate nutrition education efforts to improve nutrition status in the country
Planning and implementing a nutrition education program using the nutrition education planning cycle
Nutrition Education as an intervention highlighting the importance of quality care
Nutrition Education program application to have a hands-on activity in the implementation and evaluation of programs in various settings
Our ultimate objectives is to develop awareness and appreciation of the roles played by proper nutrition, environment, food and water sanitation and safety and the impact of education to improve dietary habits, lifestyle and overall health, by gaining more current knowledge from experts and sensibly applying them to daily living.
Number of Copies
1
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