The use of interactive technology in minority nutrition education

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An interactive touchscreen videotext system providing point-of-sale nutrition information has been tested at four supermarkets in the Washington, DC, area. Consumers using the Nutrition Information for Consumer Education (NICE) system were given nutritional information on more than 3,000 products, to allow them to make more informed food choices. Some 14,000 people used the system, of whom 16% were of African American origin. This group is known to have a higher prevalence of heart disease, cancer and diabetes than the rest of the population. An important element in the treatment of such diseases is diet, and the system is a promising method of providing nutritional information to African Americans.

Research, African Americans, Information services, Nutrition, Nutrition counseling

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An analysis of health education materials for minority communities by cultural and linguistic group

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An analysis of the 1990 Health Education Authority catalogue of health education resources is a good way of assessing views of the requirements and priorities of people from Chinese, South Asian and Caribbean communities. There were 168 leaflets available, with some change in emphasis compared with the 1987 catalogue to focus more on areas such as heart health, accidents and old age and less on birth control, social security and vaccination. The availability of health education material for minority communities is still patchy and uneven, and important issues such as the lack of information on hypertension still need to be addressed.

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Reasons for non-attendance for breast screening by Asian women

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In order to reduce deaths from breast cancer, the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme must achieve the highest possible attendance rates, and must therefore ensure that it is acceptable to women from ethnic minorities. Attendance rates among these women are low, particularly among Asian women from the Indian sub-continent, but a study of this group in Manchester indicates that inaccurate screening records may be partly responsible for this impression. It is likely that more Asian women would attend if their understanding of the service was improved.

Care and treatment, Cancer, Cancer treatment

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