@article{mcclelland_bearon_velazquez_fraser_reid_mustian_2002, title={Profiling rural southern congregate nutrition site participants: Implications for designing effective nutrition education programs}, volume={22}, ISBN={0163-9366}, DOI={10.1300/j052v22n02_05}, abstractNote={Abstract A high degree of risk of malnutrition exists among low-income older adults, especially those attending congregate nutrition sites. Recognizing this, nutrition education programming is offered on a regular basis; however, levels of malnutrition risk persist at a high rate. The current study focuses on the diversity of this audience and the premise that nutrition education appropriately targeted more specifically to this audience would bring about behavior change and affect risk of malnutrition. Therefore, the current study identified the risk factors for and level of risk of malnutrition in a southern rural congregate nutrition site participant population and determined that subsets of this population are at greater risk of malnutrition than the whole. Socio-demographic characteristics were found to vary with behavioral risk factors for malnutrition. This study should be of particular interest to educators who wish to develop effective nutrition education programming by targeting older adults more specifically.}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly}, author={McClelland, J. W. and Bearon, L. B. and Velazquez, S. and Fraser, A. M. and Reid, H. M. and Mustian, R. D.}, year={2002}, pages={57} }
 @article{mcclelland_bearon_fraser_mustian_velazquez_2001, title={Reaching older adults with nutrition education: Lessons learned during the partners in wellness pilot project}, volume={21}, ISBN={0163-9366}, DOI={10.1300/j052v21n02_05}, abstractNote={Abstract Older Americans are at increased risk for malnutrition. Yet, health promotion efforts often fail to reach them. Studies suggest that existing channels (e.g., organized sites/systems such as churches, clubs, or schools) might be used to reach a hard-to-reach audience with information. Partners in Wellness: A Pilot Program Using a Holistic Approach to Improve the Nutritional Status of Older Adults at Congregate Nutrition Sitesused congregate nutrition sites as channels to deliver nutrition education programming to decrease the risk of malnutrition among food-stamp eligible or food-stamp recipient older adults. This paper identifies issues, both facilitating factors and barriers, in designing and conducting effective educational programming for older adults.}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly}, author={McClelland, J. W. and Bearon, L. B. and Fraser, A. M. and Mustian, R. D. and Velazquez, S.}, year={2001}, pages={59} }