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On their own — nutritional self-management strategies of rural widowers
Author(s)	Juliana McDonald, Sara A Quandt, Thomas A Arcury
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 40, no 4, August 2000
Pages	pp 480-491
Keywords	Widowers ; Rural areas ; Diet ; Self care capacity ; Informal care ; Food preparation ; Food hygiene ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 rural widowers participating in the US Rural Health and Nutrition Study, to analyse factors that put them at risk for nutritional problems, and to understand how rural residence is related to this risk. The nutritional strategies that succeeded in accomplishing food-related tasks (food acquisition and use, and maintaining food security) focused on one of three resource domains: self-care, informal support, and formal support. Both successful and inadequate strategies are identified, enabling those at risk of poor nutrition to be identified. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001102219 A
Classmark	SPA: RL: CFD: CA: P6: YKF: YKM: 3F: 7T
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