Nutrition education for cancer prevention among low-income populations: An extension of the EFNEP model
Nutrition education for cancer prevention among low-income populations: An extension of the EFNEP model
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DOI：
10.1016/s0022-3182(99)70384-5
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发表时间：
1999-01-01
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Rudd, RE
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作者：
Emmons, KM;Macario, E;Rudd, RE
本文报告了一个试点测试的可行性，实施扩展的食品和营养教育计划（EFNEP）的家庭为基础的营养教育干预措施，以最大限度地参与参与者的自然发生的社交网络，并针对癌症预防的饮食模式。社区居民担任了两次“营养家庭聚会”的女主持人，并邀请了至少六名家庭成员/朋友参加在他们家中举行的会议。社区土著的准专业人员为会议提供了便利。营养教育课程以食物指南金字塔和营养成分标签为基础，重点是鼓励参与者每天至少食用五份水果和蔬菜，以降低患癌症的风险。以家庭为基础的干预模式的初步经验表明，通过现有的社交网络向低收入人口提供服务具有相当大的潜力。
This paper reports a pilot test of the feasibility of implementing an extension of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) home-based nutrition education intervention in order to maximize involvement of participants' naturally occurring social networks and to target cancer prevention eating patterns. Community residents served as hostesses of a two-session "Nutrition Home Party" and invited at least six family members/friends to attend the sessions, which were held in their homes. Paraprofessionals indigenous to the community facilitated the sessions. Nutrition education sessions were based on the Food Guide Pyramid and the Nutrition Facts label, with emphasis placed on encouraging participants to consume at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day to reduce their risk of cancer. Preliminary experience with a home-based intervention model indicates that there is considerable potential for working through existing social networks to reach low-income populations.