METHODS OF NUTRITION EDUCATION.pptx by Oturen Moses

METHODS OF NUTRITION COUNSELING

1. I MPORTANCE OF NUTRITION EDUCATION Ed u cation as a m e ans for imp r oving nut r ition o f the c o m m unity in the de v eloping c ountri e s has increased rapidly during the recent past.

2.  Lack of awa r e n ess about t he die t ary re q uire m en t s and n u tritive value of diff e re n t food i s the main cause for pr e vailing maln u trition among scho o l childr e n, preg n ant wom e n, lactating moth e r and ot h er vu l ne r able sections of the communit y .

3.  Nut r ition e d u cation sho u ld b e practical and should be e asily adaptable to the soci o economic status, fo o d habits and the ava i lable local food resources gen e rally ne e ded for t he p u rpose of de m onstration and fe e ding of the locally available audience. Nutrition ed u cation programme shou l d beco m e a p art of the comm u nit y .

4.  Incr e ase awareness  Enhancing pe o pl e s motiva t ion  Fac i litating the ability to take act i on  Imp r oving environmental supp o rts  Nut r it i on E d ucators can a l so use a g rowth cen t ered educa t io n al approach.  Nutrition educators can also work in co a lit i ons wi t h Other profess i onals Ma j or Organiza t io n al and O p erati o nal non Governmental Agen c ies Sect o r s.

5. The ma i n o b je c tives a re as follows  T o d e v elop n u trit i on ad v is o ry se r v i ces and n u trit i on education pr o g r ammes f o r the public.  T o p artic i pate a n d c oo r dinate in com m u n ity n u trit i on pr o gr a m m es with the c o -op e rati o n of peo p le work i ng in other di s ciplines l ike s o cial w o rk e rs, v i llage h ealth worke r s a n d nurses, etc. and also w ith the help of social w e lfa r e a g encie s .

6.  T o help in dev e loping supp l e m en t ary nut r ition programme wh e re e v er necessar y .  T o i m p rove the nutritional le v els of the comm u nity by the available m e ans.

7. The var i ous important methods of nutrition educati o n a r e:  Lectures and de m onstrations W orkshops Film and sli d e shows P oste r , charts and ex h ibition Books, pam p hl e ts, b ull e tins and ne w spaper  R adio and television.

8.  The lec t ure should be si m ple a n d too ela b orate. It shou l d be easily adoptable b y the people attending the c o urse.  The de m onst r ations shou l d be simp l e and th e se should ma k e good use of loc a lly availab l e resources with the h e lp of which it can be easily adopt e d by the comm u nit y .

9.  The n u trition w o rk should discuss the pre v aili n g n u tritional pr o blem in the c o mmu n ity i n simplest f o rm and the s o lution f o r it.

10.  These are extrem e ly ef f e c tive mode of education. They should be p ra c tical and illustrat i ve and easily u n de r standab l e.

11.  P ost e rs shou l d b e simple and should im m ed i ately catch the attention of t h e v i ewe r s and s hould be written re g ional language. The letters be clearly and easily v is i ble at in the s h ould a di s tance too. Charts a lso should be in a po s iti o n to stimulate the inte r est of the pe o ple. The charts s ho u ld be w el l - balanced with the use a p pr o pr i ate colours and should not be crowde d .

12.  Ex h ibitio n s ha v ing pos t e r s a n d charts are the best mode for ed u cating t he com m unit y . It s hould be set u p k e epi n g in mind t h e ed u cational l e vel of the people the ed u cation programme is ca t e r ing to.

13.  P r i nt e d m a tt e r for nu t r i t i on edu c at i on educ a ting and other is su i table for students, tea c hers professionals. These mat e ri a ls should be made ava i lab l e in re g ional languages and s hould g i ve suffic i ent info r mat i on.

14.  Radio and T el e vision programm e s reach a large n u m ber of audience wit h in no time. Jokes, stories, dra m as, etc. involving the nut r itional p roblem help to create large scale awareness.