title: Bridging the gap - some problems of communication and empathy in nutrition education.
abstract: Among the approaches needed for improving the nutritional status of children, an important one is helping families to develop and use their present resources better. This means, however, bridging the gap in understanding so that feasible advice is given and taken, and mutual trust established between rural people and those who try to serve them. The present paper discusses some of the reasons for this gap and possible ways in which it may be bridged.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003469:Culture; D003906:Developing Countries; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012424:Rural Population