Nutrition Education for Refugees: Successful Strategies and Barriers
Nutrition education can improve nutrition and health for refugees. Extension program directors providing nutrition education to refugees were surveyed regarding successful program techniques, program challenges, and both the barriers refugees face and the strengths they possess concerning healthy ea...
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Mississippi State University
2024-07-01
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| author | Jessica Smith Habiba Nur Martha Archuleta Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos Celina Wille Casey Coombs Heidi J. Wengreen |
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| description | Nutrition education can improve nutrition and health for refugees. Extension program directors providing nutrition education to refugees were surveyed regarding successful program techniques, program challenges, and both the barriers refugees face and the strengths they possess concerning healthy eating. Researchers used grounded theory to explore the qualitative data. Handson, skill-based learning emerged as a main theme of successful programs. Language and cultural issues emerged as main program challenges. It is
recommended that future refugee nutrition education programs provide culturally sensitive opportunities for skill-based learning. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a49e1e8a4ff8408687d9009c3e3586ba2025-01-17T20:16:58ZengMississippi State UniversityJournal of Human Sciences and Extension2325-52262024-07-01122https://doi.org/10.55533/2325-5226.1454Nutrition Education for Refugees: Successful Strategies and BarriersJessica Smith0Habiba Nur1Martha Archuleta2Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos3Celina Wille4Casey Coombs5Heidi J. Wengreen 6Utah State UniversityUtah State UniversityUtah State UniversityUtah State UniversityUtah State UniversityUtah State UniversityUtah State UniversityNutrition education can improve nutrition and health for refugees. Extension program directors providing nutrition education to refugees were surveyed regarding successful program techniques, program challenges, and both the barriers refugees face and the strengths they possess concerning healthy eating. Researchers used grounded theory to explore the qualitative data. Handson, skill-based learning emerged as a main theme of successful programs. Language and cultural issues emerged as main program challenges. It is recommended that future refugee nutrition education programs provide culturally sensitive opportunities for skill-based learning. https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jhse/vol12/iss2/7/refugeenutritioneducationprogram |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Smith Habiba Nur Martha Archuleta Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos Celina Wille Casey Coombs Heidi J. Wengreen Nutrition Education for Refugees: Successful Strategies and Barriers Journal of Human Sciences and Extension refugee nutrition education program |
| title | Nutrition Education for Refugees: Successful Strategies and Barriers |
| title_full | Nutrition Education for Refugees: Successful Strategies and Barriers |
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| title_short | Nutrition Education for Refugees: Successful Strategies and Barriers |
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| topic | refugee nutrition education program |
| url | https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jhse/vol12/iss2/7/ |
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