Essays about: "nutrition literacy"

Found 4 essays containing the words nutrition literacy.

1. 1. The state of social media usage to fight malnutrition among children under the age of five years in Tanzania

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Debora Mbilinyi; [2023]
   Keywords : social media; nutrition literacy; malnutrition; behavior change communication; social media usage;

   Abstract : This study has evaluated how Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), a government institution overseeing nutrition, uses social media to enhance the nutrition literacy of caregivers and parents of children under the age of five years. The study contributes to knowledge on how Tanzania’s resource-constrained health sector’s nutrition communication can benefit from social media by answering the following research questions: Which social media platforms and features does TFNC use to share nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years? What kinds of nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years does TFNC share on social media? How is nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years posted on TFNC social media pages packaged? And, how frequently is nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years repeated on TFNC social media pages? These questions have been answered from a social-behavioral change communication perspective that has combined the Media Ecology Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior. READ MORE

3. 2. 'A Food Culture in Transition'. Perceptions of Healthy Eating and Reasoning in Food Choices - A Grounded Theory Study of Young Mothers in South Tarawa, Kiribati

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

   Author : Anna Fallgren; [2017]
   Keywords : Public health; Food choices; Healthy eating; Kiribati; Pacific; Qualitative study; Mothers; Non-communicable diseases; Poverty; Climate change; Nutrition; Culture; Food policy; Non-governmental organisations; Participation; Social Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

   Abstract : The recent shift towards energy-dense and nutrient-poor diets has led to an increase of diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cardio-vascular disease. Due to poverty, geographical remoteness and lack of cultivable land, Kiribati experiences a double burden of malnutrition with high levels of NCDs among adults, and undernourishment among children. READ MORE

4. 3. Knowledge about type 2 diabetes mellitus among public health students in Thailand

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap

   Author : Mihane Rexhepi; Rebecca Ström Mörnås; [2017]
   Keywords : Type 2 diabetes mellitus; health literacy; self-care; public health students; Thailand;

   Abstract : Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a welfare disease increasing with such a high rate that it, in popular speech, is being called epidemic. To prevent the spread of this disease, future health care workers are in need of a deeper, science-based education. READ MORE

5. 4. “The Impact of Female Entrepreneurship Concept under Social Development Project: Case study of Empowerment Project in Cambodia”

   University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

   Author : Rothsophal Nguon; [2009]
   Keywords : Cambodia; Change; Development; Empowerment Project; Female women Entrepreneurship; Gender; Standard of Living.;

   Abstract : Overview:  Civil wars have turned many aspects of Cambodia upside down: traditional norms and beliefs of a post-conflict society are at the forefront of the citizens of Cambodia’s mind, ahead of all current regulations and laws. The value of women has been reduced to traditional values in the current society. READ MORE