Abstract
R25 grant support from the NIH/NCI enabled the University of Arizona to assess nutrition education, develop and evaluate specific course content, and move toward comprehensive prevention-based nutrition education in 1991-1997. Hours of nutrition education increased to 115% over baseline, and students indicated greater satisfaction with the amount of nutrition instruction they received. Especially valuable was a course in prenatal and infant nutrition that paired each student with a pregnant patient. After the grant support ended, nutrition began to be crowded out of the curriculum by other, more traditional, topics, but a 57% gain over baseline was sustained. External support for nutrition education is urgently needed.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 127-129 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Cancer Education |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Sep 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health