Abstract
The development of a nutrition education philosophy that includes empowerment goals and a family approach to intervention holds great potential for dietetic practitioners who work with populations at risk for malnutrition and hunger as a result of poverty. A substance abuse community health intervention program in New Mexico for empowerment of high-risk minority youth used Freire's theory and documented outcomes of healthier choices in life-styles. Many of the youth became health educators for peers in their schools and communities ( 1. Wallerstein N Bernstein E Empowerment education: Freire's ideas adapted to health education. Health Educ Q. 1988; 15: 379-394 Google Scholar ). A university course in family policy analysis recognized advocacy and empowerment as goals in family policy and adapted Freire's problem-posing method as a guide for critical thinking ( 2. Guoss B Teaching family policy through advocacy and empowerment. Family Relations. 1992; 41: 39-43 Google Scholar ). Finally, a clinic intervention program for hyperlipidemic individuals that targeted the entire family found the family approach to be most effective ( 3. McMurry MP Hopkins PN Gould R Engelbert-Fenton K Schumacher C Wu LL Williams RR Family-oriented nutrition intervention for a lipid clinic population. J Am Diet Assoc. 1991; 91: 57-65 Google Scholar ).
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