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Food Safety Messages: Are They Effective for African Americans?

Objective

This project will include five phases: <OL> <LI> To assess the current knowledge and practices of 100 African-American parents and care-givers; <LI>To conduct focus groups with African-Americans to evaluate the perceived impact of the messages in the Fight BAC!tm Program; <LI> To revise and develop a video and demonstration activities to make the program more user friendly for African- Americans; <LI> To deliver the messages to African-American care-givers;<LI> To reassess the knowledge and practices of the participants.

Investigators
Thomas, Martha
Institution
Tennessee State University
Start date
2000
End date
2000
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
99-41560-0769
Categories
Parasites
Natural Toxins
Viruses and Prions
Bacterial Pathogens
Chemical Contaminants