Peer educator approach to nutrition for the elderly

The development, implementation, and evaluation of a nutrition education program for older Americans is described. The program utilized the "volunteer peer-educator" approach, in which older individuals provided nutrition education sessions for their peers, on a voluntary basis. Twenty-two...

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Published inThe Gerontologist Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 123 - 126
Main Authors Shannon, Barbara M, Smiciklas-Wright, Helen, Davis, Barbara W, Lewis, Christine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.1983
Subjects
Adult nutrition education
Aged
educational methods
elderly
elderly nutrition
Humans
Nutritional Sciences - education
Peer Group
Peer teaching
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Summary:The development, implementation, and evaluation of a nutrition education program for older Americans is described. The program utilized the "volunteer peer-educator" approach, in which older individuals provided nutrition education sessions for their peers, on a voluntary basis. Twenty-two elderly volunteers (20 female, 2 male; 21 white, 1 black; ages 61-79) attended two 2-day training workshops, and over a 5-month period conducted 95 nutrition education sessions, primarily in senior citizen centers. Evaluations of this approach, completed by 933 participants, indicated that the sessions were well organized and provided interesting and useful information. (wz)
ISSN:0016-9013
1758-5341
DOI:10.1093/geront/23.2.123