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Towards a pro-health food-selection model for gatekeepers in Bulawayo high-density suburbs in Zimbabwe

Journal of Social Development in Africa

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Title Towards a pro-health food-selection model for gatekeepers in Bulawayo high-density suburbs in Zimbabwe
 
Creator Sophonie, N
Monique, MN
 
Subject Gatekeeper; food selection; food guide pyramid; pro-health food selection model, Bulawayo
 
Description The purpose of this study was to develop a pro-health food selection model for gatekeepers of Bulawayo high-density suburbs in Zimbabwe. Gatekeepers in five suburbs constituted the study population from which a sample of 250 subjects was randomly selected. Of the total respondents (N= 182), 167 had their own children. A 36-item questionnaire rated on a five-point Likert scale was used to collect data. MINITAB Release 10.2-computer package was used to extract dimensions underlying gatekeepers’ food selection. Two models, both of which were not health oriented, were determined from the study findings. Family networks received the highest rating of the gatekeepers’ food selection dimensions. A significant relationship was established between gatekeepers’ food selection dimensions and their education, income, family size, and culture; ρ values (ρ= 0.006), (ρ= 0.025), (ρ= 0.028), (ρ= 0.001) respectively. Hypotheses one to four of the study, were rejected at ρ = 0.05. Finally a pro-health model was developed and recommended to the studied population.KEYWORDS: Gatekeeper; food selection; food guide pyramid; pro-health food selection model, Bulawayo
 
Publisher School of Social Work, University of Zimbabwe
 
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Date 2010-05-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsda/article/view/54283
10.4314/jsda.v25i1.54283
 
Source Journal of Social Development in Africa; Vol 25, No 1 (2010)
1012-1080
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsda/article/view/54283/42804
 
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