Briefly describes the diets of Southeast Asians in their homelands and of refugees in America, their nutritional status, and ways nutritionists can help. (CT)

Describes a project designed to use television public service announcements to present basic nutrition concepts and the nutritional choices in the marketplace in a format that would reach the handicapped deaf and the nonhandicapped as well. (CT)

Describes the role of a supermarket home economist. (SB)

Nutrition educators are beginning to realize that they need to change their attitudes, approaches, and teaching techniques and find new ways to motivate young people to adopt good nutritional habits. (Editor/SB)

This article provides an update on the Head Start program and describes the roles that home economists can play in implementing the American Home Economics Association's national volunteer initiative. Discusses Head Start's mission, characteristics of children served, nutrition services, need for nutrition assistance, and linkages with…

The American Home Economics Association's Future Development Committee is exploring ways to help home economists become "futures literate" and skilled in critical thinking about alternative futures. (SK)

A series of four "Food Is Good" booklets were developed by the Jakima, Washington, Home Economics Association to help preschool youngsters and their families develop good food habits. Booklet development, content, and success are discussed. (LH)

Parents of children enrolled in a Head Start program and program staff were given training and information for changing health-related behaviors, such as improving eating habits, exercising, and involving the children in developing healthy behavior. (SK)

In California non-commercial "commercials" short spots of pantomime and bilingual messages fitted into and around television's entertainment programs, are used as a means of providing nutrition education to urban and rural low-income people. As revealed by audience requests for nutritional information offered, the commercials are popular…

At the One-Parent Family Facility in Lexington, Kentucky, government agencies, businesses, and the university provide integrated services to meet single-parent needs. The residential, transitional living/learning program offers child development and nutrition instruction, health screening, vocational counseling, and educational planning. (SK)

The Resource Management Center at Hood College (Maryland) provides home economics students with facilities to study and practice resource conservation, nutrition and preventive health maintenance, and community outreach. (SK)

Attempts to develop an objective pretest for identifying students' levels of knowledge in food and nutrition prior to class instruction and for predicting student performance on the final examination. (Editor/MU)

Describes a pilot program in which the Dairy, Food and Nutrition Council of East Orange, New Jersey, introduced a new education series entitled "Food in Today's World." This approach outlined the role of the home economist as coordinator of a nutrition program in which educators from various disciplines participate. (CT)