Abstract
As funds become increasingly scarce, an effective nutrition education method which reaches large numbers of elderly individuals is appropriate. A nutrition workshop was provided for 30 managers of government-sponsored nutrition centers for the elderly in a 5-county area. The workshop curriculum, determined after interests of both center managers and participants at the nutrition centers were assessed, was presented in a packet of materials to each workshop attendee and supplemented with explanations and demonstrations. A pre- and post-test evaluation instrument, which included videotaped simulations of typical nutritional situations encountered with elderly persons at the centers, was used to measure attitudes and knowledge before and after the workshop. As a result of the workshop, knowledge increased significantly as measured by the test instrument and 75% of the managers reported use of materials and ideas during the 5 months following the workshop.
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