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"Using Health Behavior Theories in Nutrition Education" with Dr. Diane Carson, PhD

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Created on Thursday, 18 July 2013

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In this webinar you will learn about Health Belief Models and how they can be effectively used to enhance nutrition education and facilitate positive change that supports health. Simply knowing the factors that affect consumers' food choices does not tell us how consumers make their diet and lifestyle decisions. Behavior change theories and models provide evidence-based methods or strategies empirically tested and shown to be effective in facilitating health-related behavior change. A clear understanding of a client's or population's beliefs, attitudes, and cultural and social context permits targeting of educational materials to the target population and tailoring of nutrition information to meet the needs of a specific individual. There are many models in Health Behavior and Health Education that are used in the field. In nutrition, there is an emphasis to ground educational materials, programs and interventions, and randomized controlled trials in behavior theory to better understand and guide the individuals we work with. Behavior change doesn't happen overnight so it is believed that a dynamic exchange between theory, research, and practice is more apt to produce effective nutrition/health education. The health belief models are essential tools to support healthy change. Diane Carson received her Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics and Biology, her Master of Science degree in Nutritional Sciences, and earned her PhD in Nutrition from Texas A&M University May 2010. Her research interests include developing nutrition education interventions using health behavior theory models to improve nutritional habits among children, adolescents, and adults.

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