EFNEP graduates' perspectives on social media to supplement nutrition education: focus group findings from active users

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Leak, Tashara M. (author), Benavente, Lisa (author), Goodell, L.Suzanne (author), Lassiter, Annie (author), Jones, Lorelei (author), and Bowen, Sarah (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2014
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D11562
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
    Journal Title Details:
    46(3) : 203-208
    Subject Term:
    credibility (media), credibility (sources), extension, extension communication, food, homemaker education, homemakers, low-income families, media effectiveness, nutrition education, nutrition information, perceptions, food information, and social media
    Notes:
    6 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researchers used focus groups to analyze perspectives of graduates of an Extension-based Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). "Trust emerged as a central theme, because participants expressed a need for reliable information from known, credible sources and safe places to share information." Authors concluded that social media may be effective and establishing the trustworthiness of the social media site is essential to its use among low-income participants.

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