Date of Graduation
Spring 2016
Document Type
Honors Research Project
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Major
Dietetics - Didactic Program
Research Sponsor
Christin Seher
First Reader
Denise Stuart
Second Reader
Larry Weigle
Abstract
This project is a community-based program conducted in a local community center, First Glance. It specifically worked with the Teen Mom and Young Mom programs as well as with their children in the Tiny Glancers program. Over the course of a year the authors planned, created, and implemented an interdisciplinary nutrition education unit with the objective of increasing their nutrition and health awareness while providing support in education fundamentals such as math skills and social-cultural awareness. The unit included pre-assessment surveys as well as round-table discussions with the participants to establish base knowledge, correlating yet age-appropriate lessons for the moms and their children, and a post-assessment to see what the participants retained.The curriculum was delivered over the period of 16 weeks and had over 25 participants throughout the unit. While limited by barriers such as socioeconomic status, access to healthy foods, support, education level, etc., the results in participation and change seen in habits and knowledge implied that this approach to nutrition education and the math and cultural components that accompany it succeeded in helping the participants have better nutrition awareness and application of their new knowledge.
Recommended Citation
Leffler, Allison G. Miss and Ulrich, Sarah O. Miss, "Nutrition Education at First Glance" (2016). Honors Research Projects. Paper 293.
http://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/293