title: A problem solving approach to nutrition education and counseling.
abstract: This report applies problem-solving principles to the design and implementation of nutrition education and counseling programs. A framework is proposed that builds on an extensive body of research in mental health and health education that has demonstrated the efficacy of a problem-solving approach to helping people cope with stressful life events. Our framework uses problem-solving principles in helping participants in nutrition education or counseling programs to overcome obstacles they experience in changing their nutrition behaviors. Both research and clinical experience suggest that incorporating problem-solving techniques in nutrition education and counseling will increase long term change in nutrition behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Houts
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.forename: Sharada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Shankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharada
authors.forename: Ann C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Klassen
authors.forename: Ellen B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Marline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003376:Counseling; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D011340:Problem Solving; D014481:United States