Study Guide Module 15
I hope you had an opportunity to practice handling personal questions and/or coping with
people’s biases suggesting that nutrition professionals should be a certain weight or eat in certain
ways.
This week we will practice developing print wellness materials designed to support people with a
range of health literacy-levels.
1. What are the main considerations for developing health promotion materials discussed in
class?
2. From the module materials, what are the techniques and considerations for providing
counseling and educational materials to low health literacy individuals?
3. What steps should you take before you begin creating nutrition education materials for a
specific population? (Hint: The ADDIE model from module 2 can be used to create
written materials and there are lots of associations, societies, and not for profits that have
already developed and tested materials.)
4. What could you use to assess educational materials you or someone else created?
5. Based on the design of health materials article:
a. Which instruction would be better: "Avoid eating meals and snacks two hours
before going to bed." Or "Finish all meals and snacks two hours before going to
bed at night."
b. Which is better for conveying health information: videos or print materials?
c. Lastly, what are the considerations for adding images to health materials?
6. Based on the Why Poor People Make Bad Decisions article, how could nutrition
professionals tailor their approaches to more effectively support low income parents of
children with serious chronic disease such as type one diabetes?
7. From the module, list four or more of the most important facts, strategies, ideas, or
perspectives to keep in mind for future practice.
8. How does this information connect with other courses you're taking now, have taken
previously, or with other life experiences?