Duerr Lynn
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Indiana State University, 318 N. 6th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA.
J Nutr Elder. 2004;23(3):85-97. doi: 10.1300/J052v23n03_06.
This study assessed gaps in nutrition education between what was offered by organizations and what was wanted by older adults. In Phase I, 258 gatekeepers were interviewed. In Phase II, 37 non-institutionalized older adults were assigned to five focus groups. Study results indicated a consistency between gatekeepers and participants for services, topics, methods/information sources, and communication routes. However, a gap was found because participants wanted education on more topics and were interested in more specific information, whereas gatekeepers provided more general information. This study concluded that gatekeepers need to provide more topics and in greater specificity when planning for nutrition education programs for older adults.
本研究评估了机构提供的营养教育与老年人需求之间的差距。在第一阶段，对258名把关人进行了访谈。在第二阶段，37名非机构化老年人被分配到五个焦点小组。研究结果表明，在服务、主题、方法/信息来源和沟通渠道方面，把关人与参与者之间存在一致性。然而，发现了一个差距，因为参与者希望接受更多主题的教育，并对更具体的信息感兴趣，而把关人提供的信息更笼统。本研究得出结论，在为老年人规划营养教育项目时，把关人需要提供更多主题且更具针对性的信息。
