The Development and Evaluation of a Manual for Use in Community Nutrition Education Classes
type: CreativeWork
description: A manual was prepared and evaluated for use by non-professional personnel in community nutrition education. Instruction and suggestions were given for organizing these classes and techniques outlined for food demonstrations. Material was written for lectures and tests on eight nutrition topics, with visual aid suggestions, recipes and "chatter" to accompany the recipes. The material was tested by presenting three of the eight topics before audiences. Volunteer non-professional teacher-demonstrators gave the presentations which were evaluated by test scores from the audiences, by score forms from each teacher-demonstrator, and by evaluation sheets from the advisory committee. On the basis of the evaluation, it appeared that the three topics studied could be used to advantage by non-professional personnel in improving community nutrition education.
abstract: A manual was prepared and evaluated for use by non-professional personnel in community nutrition education. Instruction and suggestions were given for organizing these classes and techniques outlined for food demonstrations. Material was written for lectures and tests on eight nutrition topics, with visual aid suggestions, recipes and "chatter" to accompany the recipes. The material was tested by presenting three of the eight topics before audiences. Volunteer non-professional teacher-demonstrators gave the presentations which were evaluated by test scores from the audiences, by score forms from each teacher-demonstrator, and by evaluation sheets from the advisory committee. On the basis of the evaluation, it appeared that the three topics studied could be used to advantage by non-professional personnel in improving community nutrition education.
author: Register, Helen H.
language: English
keywords: Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, Public Health Education and Promotion, Nutrition -- education
date published: 1969-06-01T07:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:53:20Z
provider: Loma Linda University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Loma Linda University