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Peer Health Teaching Improves Nutrition Behaviors In The Teen Teacher Population, Ashlie Smith May 2014

Peer Health Teaching Improves Nutrition Behaviors In The Teen Teacher Population, Ashlie Smith

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Peer teaching is a promising model of health education. Limited research exists on the topic of the effectiveness of peer health teaching, and even less research exists on the effects on the actual peer teachers, notably their motivations for becoming peer teachers as well as behavioral modifications and improved self-efficacy made as a result. This study examined the motivations and the health behavior modifications made by 4-H Eat 4-Health teen teachers ages 14 to 17 after delivering a peer health education program. This study investigated teen teachers’ nutrition and physical activity behavior changes as well as their leadership and confidence …


Efficacy Of Nutrition As Medication In Malnourished Hospitalised Patients Is Strongly Influenced By Environmental Factors, Kelly Lambert, Jan Potter, Maureen Lonergan, Linda Tapsell, Karen Charlton Jan 2014

Efficacy Of Nutrition As Medication In Malnourished Hospitalised Patients Is Strongly Influenced By Environmental Factors, Kelly Lambert, Jan Potter, Maureen Lonergan, Linda Tapsell, Karen Charlton

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Aim To evaluate the use of Nutrition as Medication (NAM) as a dietary intervention strategy in a sample of malnourished renal and geriatric hospital inpatients. Methods In the study period of 1 July to 30 August 2009, patients admitted to the acute renal or geriatric wards of a large general hospital and assessed as malnourished or at risk of malnutrition and suitable to commence NAM were eligible for inclusion in this pilot clinical cohort study. Medication charts of the study patients were audited and opportunistic observations of patients receiving NAM were conducted. Comparisons of receival and refusal rates of NAM …