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2. Media and development: themes in communication and extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gupta, V.S. (author) and Dua, M.R. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- India: Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, India.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C12761
- Notes:
- 176 p.
3. Nutrition and health education through adults literacy
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anuradha, V. (author), Kousalya, T.K. (author), and Depart of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India; Depart of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07888
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Ham, Mimeographed, 1994. 1 p. Presented at the Society for Nutrition Education, Portland, OR, July 16-20, 1994., This study was taken up with the objective of developing primers that could be used to impart nutrition education after literating the adults. Twenty five illiterate women of Muthumariamanpuram of North Coimbatore belonging to low income group were selected for imparting education. The family composition and prevalence of illiteracy of the selected subjects were elicited using a proforma. The investigator taught the subjects to read and write Tamil. Initial nutritional knowledge of the subjects were tested. Two nutrition education primers were prepared and the subjects were taught the primer lessons for three months. Nutrition education was imparted by visual and audio-visual aids. Supplementary readers on health education were used to educate them. It was found that poor economic status was the cause for illiteracy. Nutrition education improved learning skills and awareness of the nutritional facts and improvement of dietary patterns and practices.
4. Participatory approach : a powerful method of nutrition education
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chandrasekhar, Usha (author), Levadas, Rajammal P. (author), Mani, N. Bhooma (author), and Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07904
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Ham, Mimeographed, 1994. 1 p. Presented at the Society for Nutrition Education, Portland, OR, July 16-20, 1994., A group of 50 rural women who participated in a nutrition counseling/education programme were followed to find out the impact of their education and participation in an intervention programme. Nutritional knowledge and awareness of the women before and after participation, changes in their cooking practices, improvements in the food consumption pattern of their families, type of weaning foods introduced to their next borns and nutritional profile of their next borns formed criteria for evaluation. Besides remarkable retention in knowledge, positive trends in awareness, the notable changes in practices were evident. The mothers gave appropriate weaning foods to the next borns; food and nutrient intake trend were better and superior to their control counterparts. Beneficial impact of nutrition education to women especially through participatory approach was established.
5. Social impact of television viewing on rural women
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gupta, Meena (author / Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India) and Nagar, Shella (author / Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C12788
- Notes:
- Pages 114-123 in M.R. Dua and V.S. Gupta (eds.), Media and development: themes in communication and extension. Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, India. 176 p.