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What we think they think — health professionals' views of nutritional beliefs and practices of low income older women
Author(s)	Rachel M Mayo, Cheryl J Rainey
Journal title	Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, vol 20, no 4, 2001
Pages	pp 19-42
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Older women ; Poverty ; Nutrition ; Attitude ; Rural areas ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study examined nutritional beliefs and practices of older women from two vantage points. Nine focus groups were held with 49 low income women and 25 providers and health professionals who work with older women in two regions of a rural Southern state. Discussions covered influences on food choices, supplement use and meal frequency; problems with buying, preparing and storing food; participation in food assistance programmes; nutrition information sources and preferred methods of nutrition education. Health professionals differed from their clients in their views of perceptions concerning food choices; major barriers to buying and preparing food; challenges of nutritional compliance for women with chronic disease; and older women's complementary medicine practices. Issues concerning long-term vs short-term benefits of food choices and use of dietary supplements were also presented. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011115216 A
Classmark	BD: W6: CF: DP: RL: 3F: 7T
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