A Field Guide for Evaluation of Nutrition Education

Résumé du livre

The purpose of this Field Guide is to encourage and support useful evaluation in the field of nutrition education. It does not tell persons how to plan and implement education programs. The intent of the Field Guide is to extend the capability for evaluation beyond the measurement of cognitive effects. Behavior, particularly the behavior of food consumption, is the critical link between the cognitive effects of nutrition education and the ultimate goal of all nutrition programs -- elimination of malnutrition-related morbidity and mortality. Practical methods for measuring the behavioral effects have been commonly available and are rarely used. The Field Guide presents a tested methodology and basic tools for: determination of effects of education in changing food habits; determination of the cost-effectiveness of any individual nutrition education program; and determination of which of two or more programs, representing different approaches, has the greatest positive effect on food habits at the least cost.