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| Barriers to nutritional well-being for rural elders: community experts' perceptions | | Author(s) | Thomas A Arcury, Sara A Quandt, Ronny A Bell |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 38, no 4, August 1998 |
| Pages | pp 490-498 |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Meals services ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Older adults use public and private services, as well as personal resources, to meet their nutritional needs, In-depth interviews conducted with 73 service providers and community experts in two rural North Carolina counties were analysed for these experts' perceptions of barriers to adequate nutrition for older adults. Perceived barriers included characteristics of the county and nutrition programmes, transport, and kin, as well as older adult medical and economic conditions, food habits, knowledge, and attitudes. The importance given in each of these domains varied by respondents' area of expertise. The study concluded that community expert and providers may not see the connection between their services and nutritional well-being of older people. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981001409 A |
| Classmark | CF: CSM: NR: RL: 7T |
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