IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/evarev/v9y1985i4p441-459.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Nutrition Behavior Change

Author

Listed:
  • Patricia K. Edwards

    (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

  • Alan C. Acock

    (Louisiana State University)

  • Robert L. Johnston

    (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

Abstract

This study addresses four issues in the evaluation of nutrition education programs: (1) the reliability of knowledge, belief, and behavior scales; (2) the effectiveness of programs targeted to the general public; (3) the longitudinal effects of nutrition education interventions; and (4) the relationship between changes in the cognitive, belief, and behavioral domains. Our findings indicate that reliable knowledge and behavior scales can be developed, but that the internal consistency of belief scales are more problematic. Moreover, improvements in all three domains can be attained with an heterogenous target audience. Although knowledge deterioriates after the course is completed, beliefs remain stable and nutrition behavior continues to improve significantly. Finally, changes in knowledge and beliefs are influential on changes in behavior as a result of the course, but postcourse changes in knowledge and beliefs are not associated with changes in behavior.

Suggested Citation

  • Patricia K. Edwards & Alan C. Acock & Robert L. Johnston, 1985. "Nutrition Behavior Change," Evaluation Review, , vol. 9(4), pages 441-459, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:9:y:1985:i:4:p:441-459
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8500900404
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0193841X8500900404
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0193841X8500900404?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. St. Pierre, Robert G. & Cook, Thomas D. & Straw, Roger B., 1981. "An evaluation of the nutrition education and training program : Findings from Nebraska," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 4(3-4), pages 335-344, January.
    2. Thompson, E.L., 1978. "Smoking education programs 1960-1976," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 68(3), pages 250-257.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Fox, Mary Kay & Hamilton, William L. & Lin, Biing-Hwan, 2004. "Effects Of Food Assistance And Nutrition Programs On Nutrition And Health: Volume 4, Executive Summary Of The Literature Review," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 33871, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Unknown, 2004. "Effects Of Food Assistance And Nutrition Programs On Nutrition And Health: Volume 3, Literature Review," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 33863, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Thomas D. Cook, "undated". "Considering the Major Arguments Against Random Assignment: An Analysis of the Intellectual Culture Surrounding Evaluation in American Schools of Education," IPR working papers 99-2, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University.
    4. Brian R. Flay & Linda M. Collins, 2005. "Historical Review of School-Based Randomized Trials for Evaluating Problem Behavior Prevention Programs," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 599(1), pages 115-146, May.
    5. Robert G. St. Pierre, 1982. "Management of Federally Funded Evaluation Research," Evaluation Review, , vol. 6(1), pages 94-113, February.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:9:y:1985:i:4:p:441-459. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.