title: Preliminary evaluation of the effects of a nutrition awareness project on the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara communities of central Australia.
abstract: Preliminary observations from one nutrition awareness project--Approaches to Failure to Thrive--in progress in the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara region of central Australia are discussed, current strategies are listed and the need for multi-faceted solutions emphasised. A more rigorous quantitative evaluation is recommended, within the constraints of funding and access to data.
authors.affiliation: Ngaanyatjarra Health Service, Northern Territory.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balmer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education*; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation