Jwk proposes to develop information and training products which will assist mild and moderately handicapped youth ages18 to 21 to obtain services as they move from educationally dominated services to job training and rehabilitation services for adults. a poorly documented but major gap in services… More

The federal government needs information on the food con- sumption and dietary levels of u.s. households and indiv- iduals for use in administering a variety of programs. current survey methodolofy is burdensome on respondents, labor intensive, time-consuming and expensive to administer.publication… More

The objective of this project is to establish an accurate vitamin and mineral data base that can be easily updated and serve as the comprehensive reference for monitoring the supplemental vitamin and/or mineral consumption of individuals. it addresses the need to improve methods for assessing… More

Due to health professionals' limited time and lack of training in educational principles, and to the absence of teaching materials designed to compensate for declining sensory or cognitive abilities of the elderly, many older persons do not attain the competence to practice self-care and health… More

The primary objective of this research is to develop and test a theoretical model for the prediction and assessment of compliant dietary behavior. the model is based on an understanding of the complexity of dietary behavior and the psychosocial factors that influence food selection and consumption… More

The primary objective of this project is to develop and test interactive microcomputer software for a self-reported dietary assessment instrument. the framework for dietary assessment is a stepwise food group selection and quantification of the respondent's usual (or time referenced) intake this… More

The overall objective of this project is to develop a series of interactive self-instructional modules for the teaching of cardiovascular nutrition to senior medical students. when fully developed, the modules can also be used by residents and physicians in general medical practice. the specific… More

The overall goal of this project is to develop a computer-based health promotional tool for improving dietarypractices to reduce cancer risk. the tool will be designed as a self-paced educational intervention that can be used byemployees in the worksite. specifically, in phase i, the program content… More

The overall objective of this research is the development ofan interactive software program for meal planning by adolescents with diabetes. the tool will be used to plan meals from foods characteristic of specific eating locations, using the exchange list system. it is intended for home use and in… More

The long-term objective is the development of a nutritional assessment tool for ethnic populations, utilizing computer and cd-rom technology. the system will improve upon conventional dietary assessment methodology, assemble nutrient composition data for ettnic foods, and eliminate language… More

The purpose of this project is to develop a computer-based tool for helping individuals to learnabout nutrition and to monitor their own dietary intake. It will function through food service cashregisters and will have two primary outputs: (1) printed nutritional information specific to recipes… More

This project will design and develop an interactive meal planning program for Hispanics withdiabetes. The Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey indicated that the prevalence of adultonset diabetes and its complications among Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans runs two to threetimes… More