Balsam A L, Bottum C L, Rogers B L
J Nutr Elder. 1992;11(3):33-44. doi: 10.1300/J052v11n03_03.
The federally funded Elderly Nutrition Program (ENP) began in 1972, authorized under Title 7 of the Older Americans Act. Its purpose was to serve elders, targeting those in greatest social and economic need. This article describes the characteristics of the Nutrition Project Directors in the ENP through data gathered by a questionnaire completed by a random sample of 430 directors across the nation. One important finding was that directors of programs serving large numbers of low-income or minority elders tended to have less education and commanded lower salaries than directors serving fewer poor and minority elders. In addition, while a higher proportion of these directors were minority members, numbers of nonwhite Nutrition Project Directors remains low.
联邦政府资助的老年人营养计划（ENP）始于1972年，依据《美国老年人法案》第7条获得授权。其目的是为老年人服务，目标是那些社会和经济需求最大的人群。本文通过对全国430名项目主管的随机抽样问卷调查所收集的数据，描述了老年人营养计划中营养项目主管的特征。一个重要发现是，服务大量低收入或少数族裔老年人的项目主管往往比服务较少贫困和少数族裔老年人的主管教育程度低，薪酬也较低。此外，虽然这些主管中少数族裔成员的比例较高，但非白人营养项目主管的数量仍然很少。
