Brenda Abu

Incorporating Adult Learning Principles in an Intervention Implementation. Experiences from an Iron Deficiency (ID) Education Program in Ghana

Brenda Abu, Vernon Louw, Jacques Raubenheimer & Louise van den Berg · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2018

Objectives: Low literate mothers were targeted for a nutrition education program regarding knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) regarding ID in an anaemia endemic population in Northern Ghana. The study demonstrates the application of adult learning principles in effective int...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21181

Designing Interventions for Resource Poor Communities with Low Literacy: An Example of an Iron Deficiency (ID) Education Program in Ghana

Brenda Abu, Vernon Louw, Jacques Raubenheimer & Louise van den Berg · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Education interventions are often used to address nutrition-related problems. In resource-poor populations with low literacy the success of such an intervention depends on keeping the messages simple, practical and affordable. The objective is to design a nutrition ed...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21174