FNP 350 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Needs Assessment, Communication Theory, Health Education

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Nutrition and Food
• Course: FNP 350
• Professor: rena mendelson

Document Summary

Review your class notes and readings to ensure that you know and can apply the following content. What options do we have to make (health) behaviour changes in people: legislative (policies), education, marketing campaigns. How do we ensure that we promote change that is necessary, evidence based, without unintended consequences: education (no unintended consequences) Where do people get their nutrition and food information and what are the predominant factors that influence their food choices: 13% md; 32% internet; 54% tv. Influence food choices= mainly taste > nutrition: taste (76%), nutrition (50%), cost (45%), health (39%), convenience (31%) How can we work as professional food and nutrition experts with media to ensure that the content they provide is reliable: ebdm. Social psychology theories are frequently used to help us create nutrition communication campaigns; be able to apply the major theories and their constructs to convey a nutrition communication campaign message.