Effectiveness of a nutrition education and intervention programme on nutrition knowledge and dietary practice among Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University’s population

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Abeer Salman Alzaben ◽  
Noha Ibrahim Alnashwan ◽  
Afnan Abdullah Alatr ◽  
Nourah Abdullah Alneghamshi ◽  
Anwar Mohammed Alhashem
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Intervention Programme ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Dietary Practice ◽  
Dietary Knowledge ◽  
Packaged Food

Abstract Objective: The study sought to assess the influence of nutrition education and intervention programmes on nutrition knowledge and dietary practice among both students and staff (including faculty) of Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University in Saudi Arabia. Design: A pretest–posttest, non-randomized experimental study design was implemented at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh City between September 2019 and February 2020. Setting: Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University is the largest women’s university in the world and has 18 colleges and institutions and around 90 academic programmes. Participants: The survey was completed by 1,824 participants (1,350 students and 474 staff/faculty) before the intervention, and by a different cohort of 1,731 participants (1,317 students and 414 staff/faculty) after the intervention. In total, an independent sample of 3,555 staff and students participated. Participants were asked about dietary knowledge and practices. Dietary knowledge entailed food variety and nutrients, fast food and its poor nutritional value, and the influence of cooking style on the nutritional quality of food. Dietary practices involved eating breakfast; consuming salt/sugar, eating high-salt food; eating pre-packaged food; and consumption of vegetables, fruits, supplements, water, and caffeine. Results: The majority of the sample consisted of students (75.1%) and had not been diagnosed with any disease (73.7%). The result of the current study showed that nutrition knowledge improved after completion of the nutrition programme. Conclusions: The nutrition awareness programme improved students’ nutritional knowledge; however, there was no significant effect on their dietary practices. Future nutrition awareness programmes should separate activities for students and staff, focusing on one target population at a time.

scholarly journals Effect of Nutrition Education Based on Health Belief Model on Nutritional Knowledge and Dietary Practice of Pregnant Women in Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tona Zema Diddana ◽  
Gezahegn Nigusse Kelkay ◽  
Amanuel Nana Dola ◽  
Abinet Arega Sadore
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Health Belief Model ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Health Belief ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Dietary Practice ◽  
Belief Model

Background. In Ethiopia, poor dietary practice among pregnant women ranges from 39.3 to 66.1%. Limited nutritional knowledge and wrong perception towards dietary behaviours were underlying factors. Hence, this study was aimed to determine the effect of nutrition education based on Health Belief Model on nutritional knowledge and dietary practice of pregnant women in Dissie town, northeast Ethiopia, 2017 GC. Methods. Community-based cluster randomized control trial was employed. A total of 138 pregnant women participated. Nutrition education was given using Health Belief Model (HBM) theory and general nutrition education for intervention and control group, respectively. The baseline and endline nutrition knowledge and dietary practice was assessed using knowledge and dietary practice questions. HBM construct was assessed using five-point likert scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Student’s t-tests and chi-square tests were used. At 95% confidence level, P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Result. The mean pre- and postintervention nutritional knowledge was 6.9 and 13.4, and good dietary practice was 56.5% and 84.1% in intervention group, respectively. The increase in mean nutritional knowledge was statistically significant (P<0.001). In control group, the pre- and postintervention mean nutritional knowledge was 7.4 and 9.8, and good dietary practice was 60.9% and 72.5%, respectively. There was significant difference (P<0.05) in mean nutritional knowledge and proportion of good dietary practices between two groups at endline, but the difference was not significant (P>0.05) at baseline. There was significant (P<0.001) improvement in the scores of HBM constructs in intervention group. Conclusion and Recommendations. Providing nutrition education based on Health Belief Model improves nutritional knowledge and dietary practices of pregnant women. Hence, governmental, nongovernmental organization, health extension workers, and other health-care provider should include Health Belief Model construct into existing nutrition education programs. Moreover, government should incorporate HBM theory into national nutrition education guidelines.

scholarly journals Effect of nutrition education by health professionals on pregnancy-specific nutrition knowledge and healthy dietary practice among pregnant women in Asmara, Eritrea: a quasi-experimental study

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjnph-2020-000159
Author(s):  
Lidia Ghirmai Teweldemedhin ◽  
Helen Gebretatyos Amanuel ◽  
Soliana Amanuel Berhe ◽  
Ghidey Gebreyohans ◽  
Zemenfes Tsige ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Dietary Practice ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

BackgroundHealthy pregnancy and birth outcomes are greatly influenced by the intake of adequate and balanced nutrition. Pregnant women’s nutritional knowledge and practice have been identified as an important prerequisites for their proper nutritional intake. The antenatal period with the opportunities for regular contact with health professionals appears to be the ideal time and setting to institute the intervention which could maximise pregnant women’s outcome and that of their baby by motivating them to make nutritional changes.ObjectiveTo assess the effect of nutrition education on the appropriate nutritional knowledge and practice of pregnant women.MethodologyA facility-based single-group pre–post quasi-experimental study design was employed in five health facilities providing antenatal care (ANC) service in Asmara on 226 pregnant women. A predesigned and pretested questionnaire was used to collect data regarding nutritional knowledge via interview by trained data collectors during the pretest, immediate post-test and 6 weeks later. The practice was assessed at pre-intervention and 6 weeks later only. Repeated measures analysis of variance and paired t-test were used to make comparisons in knowledge and practice scores, respectively, using SPSS (V.22).ResultsTraining provided to pregnant women resulted in a significant increase on the mean scores of their knowledge from 29.01/47 (SE=0.35) pre-intervention to 42.73/47 (SE=0.24) immediate post-intervention. However, the score declined significantly from immediate after intervention to 6-week follow-up by 1.79 (SE=0.22). Although the score declined, knowledge at 6-week follow-up was still significantly greater than that of pre-intervention (p<0.0001). Health professionals (70.2%) were the primary source of information for pregnant women. The pregnancy-specific dietary practice score at 6-week follow-up (M=13.13/16, SE=0.09) was significantly higher than that of pre-intervention (M=12.55/16, SE=0.16). There was no significant interaction between the categories of demographic characteristics and change in practice and knowledge.ConclusionThis study has shown that the nutrition messages given to pregnant women by trained health professionals using a holistic approach in a sustained manner played a huge role in increasing their knowledge and in introducing positive dietary practices among them. Thus, ANC clinics must play a leading role in coordinating the effort of awareness creation regarding nutrition during pregnancy.

The Effects of Computer Game on Preschool Children’s Nutrition Knowledge and Junk Food Intake Behavior (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-En Yen
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Junk Food ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Children's Nutrition ◽  
Game Intervention

BACKGROUND Computer games can increase children’s interest in learning, and then improve their nutritional knowledge, and their dietary intake behavior. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short-term effectiveness of computer games on preschool children's nutrition knowledge and junk food intake behavior. This study was a cross-sectional study. METHODS We recruited 104 preschool children age 5-6 years from preschools and randomly assign to experiment group (n=56) and control group (n=48). The researchers used Construct 2 to design and produce the "Healthy Rat King" computer game as a nutrition education tool for children. The computer game courses intervention was one hour per week for four consecutive weeks in experiment group, and the control group did not received computer game intervention. RESULTS The results showed that the nutrition knowledge score of children in experiment group were significant higher than the control group after four weeks of computer game course intervention, and the frequency of chocolate, candies, and ice cream intake was significantly reduced in experiment group after four weeks of computer game intervention. CONCLUSIONS computer game teaching suggested that improved children’s nutrition knowledge and decreased the frequency of junk food intake.

Evaluation of Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Recommendations by Coaches of Adolescent Brazilian Athletes

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Ridel Juzwiak ◽  
Fabio Ancona-Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Mass ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
Mass Gain ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Dietary Recommendations ◽  
Knowledge Test ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Fat Diets

The objectives of this study were to describe the dietary practices recommended by coaches working with adolescent athletes and to assess their nutritional knowledge. During a regional competition in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 55 coaches were interviewed. These coaches represented 22 cities with athletes enrolled in Olympic gymnastics, tennis, swimming, and judo events. A 3- section questionnaire was used to obtain data on demographic characteristics, dietary recommendations, and nutrition knowledge. Results showed that all coaches recommended general dietary practices during training, with no specific strategies for pre-, during-, and post-training periods. The main objectives of the recommendations for the training period were weight control and muscle mass gain. Deleterious weight control practices were recommended by 27% of the coaches. Specific dietary practices pre and post competition were recommended by 93% and 46% of the coaches, respectively. Participants responded correctly to 70% (SD = 3.2) of the nutrition knowledge questions, with no significant differences (p = .61) between sports. The knowledge test identified a tendency to overvalue proteins, excessively low-fat diets, and food myths. These findings indicate the importance of developing strategies that will enhance the nutritional training of coaches.

scholarly journals Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Confidence of Australian General Practice Registrars

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caryl A. Nowson ◽  
Stella L. O’Connell
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Salt Intake ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Dietary Recommendations ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Salt Reduction

Nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and confidence were assessed in General Practice Registrars (GPRs) throughout Australia. Of approximately 6,000 GPRs invited to complete a nutrition survey, 93 respondents (2%) completed the online survey, with 89 (20 males, 69 females) providing demographic and educational information. Fifty-one percent had graduated from medical school within the last two years. From a list of 11 dietary strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk, respondents selected weight loss (84%), reducing saturated fats (90%), a maximum of two alcoholic drinks/day (82%), and increasing vegetables (83%) as “highly appropriate” strategies, with only 51% indicating that salt reduction was “highly appropriate.” Two-thirds of registrars felt “moderately” (51%) or “very” confident (16%) providing nutrition advice. Most of them (84%) recalled receiving information during training, but only 34% recalled having to demonstrate nutritional knowledge. The results indicate that this group of Australian GPRs understood most of the key dietary recommendations for reducing cardiovascular risk but lacked consensus regarding the recommendation to reduce salt intake and expressed mixed levels of confidence in providing nutritional advice. Appropriate nutrition education before and after graduation is recommended for GPRs to ensure the development of skills and confidence to support patients to make healthy dietary choices and help prevent chronic diseases.

scholarly journals Nutritional Knowledge and Attitudes of Adolescent Swimmers in Trinidad and Tobago

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marquitta C. Webb ◽  
Safiya E. Beckford
Keyword(s):  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Adolescent Male ◽  
Attitude Score ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Purpose. To investigate the level of nutrition knowledge and attitude of adolescent male and female swimmers training competitively in Trinidad and Tobago.Methodology. A self-administered questionnaire, which consisted of 21 nutrition knowledge and 11 attitude statements, was utilized to assess the level of nutrition knowledge and attitude of adolescent swimmers. For the assessment of nutrition knowledge, correct answers were given a score of “1” and incorrect answers were given a score of “0.” For the evaluation of attitude towards nutrition, a score ranging from 1 to 5 was assigned to each response; “5” was given to the most positive response, and “1” was given to the most negative. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0.Results. Two hundred and twenty swimmers with a mean age of14.56±2.544completed the questionnaire. The mean nutrition knowledge score was10.97±2.897and mean attitude score was41.69±6.215. Nutrition knowledge was positively and significantly related to the number of reported nutrition sources (r=0.172,P=0.005). Nutrition knowledge was positively and significantly related to the attitude (r=0.130,P=0.027).Conclusions and Implication. Athletes lack nutrition knowledge but have a positive attitude towards nutrition, which may indicate receptiveness to future nutrition education.

scholarly journals Dietary Practice and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Nono Woreda west shoa, Oromia, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dereje Bayissa Demissie ◽  
Tesfaye Erena ◽  
Tufa Kolola
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Dietary Practice ◽  
Dietary Knowledge ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Study Participants

AbstractBackgroundPregnancy is a unique and critical stage of life during which extensive anatomical, physiological, biochemical and several other related changes take place. The everyday vitality prerequisites for health women of typical weight who have a modestly dynamic way of life, increment during pregnancy and depend on the trimester of the baby. Maternal undernutrition is a serious developmental challenge contributing a large share to the global disease burden. It is a major reason for the increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, poor infant survival, and elevated risks of chronic diseases at later stages of life. Ethiopia has an unacceptably high burden of malnutrition and its consequences, and yet little is known about the determinants and responses to undernutrition during pregnancyObjectivesTo assess the dietary practice and associated factors among pregnant women in Nono Woreda, West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study design with both quantitative and qualitative data collection was conducted. Simple random sampling was used to select 378 pregnant women. The data were collected using interviewer-administered questionnaire of Afan Oromo version. Data were entered using Epi info version 7 and analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software for Windows version 21. Multiple logistic regressions were run to assess factors that were associated with the dependent variable at P<0.05 and to control the confounders.ResultFinally, the result of the study has shown that 31% of the study participants had good dietary practices while the rest 69% of pregnant women had poor dietary practices. Concerning dietary knowledge about a balanced diet, 63.5% of the study participants had good dietary knowledge while 36.5% had poor dietary knowledge about a balanced diet. Marital status, breastfeeding, health-seeking behavior, food avoiding, and dietary knowledge were shown to have a significant association (P < 0.05) with dietary practices of pregnant women. The quantitative study revealed that marital status (AOR =95%CI, 7.983(1.387, 45.947, P<0.02).ConclusionA dietary practice of pregnant women in the study area was poor. Marital statuses, breastfeeding, health-seeking behavior, food avoiding and dietary knowledge of balance diet were independent predictors of women dietary practices. Therefore, Health professional, Zonal health office, regional Bureau and health planners would be better to increasing awareness to have good dietary practices those women married and supported by household head.

scholarly journals Physicians’ Dietary Knowledge, Attitudes, and Counseling Practices: The Experience of a Single Health Care Center at Changing the Landscape for Dietary Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Harkin ◽  
Emily Johnston ◽  
Tony Mathews ◽  
Yu Guo ◽  
Arthur Schwartzbard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Lifestyle Interventions ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
New York University ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Attitudes And Practices

Morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease can be significantly modified through lifestyle interventions, yet there is little emphasis on nutrition and lifestyle in medical education. Improving nutrition education for future physicians would likely lead to improved preparedness to counsel patients on lifestyle interventions. An online anonymous survey of medical residents, cardiology fellows, and faculty in Internal Medicine and Cardiology was conducted at New York University Langone Health assessing basic nutritional knowledge, self-reported attitudes and practices. A total of 248 physicians responded (26.7% response rate). Nutrition knowledge was fair, but few (13.5%) felt adequately trained to discuss nutrition with patients. A majority (78.4%) agreed that additional training in nutrition would allow them to provide better clinical care. Based on survey responses, a dedicated continuing medical education (CME) conference was developed to improve knowledge and lifestyle counseling skills of healthcare providers. In postconference evaluations, attendees reported improved knowledge of evidence-based lifestyle interventions. Most noted that they would prescribe a Mediterranean or plant-based diet and would make changes to their practice based on the conference. An annual CME conference on diet and lifestyle can effectively help interested providers overcome barriers to lifestyle change in clinical practice through improved nutrition knowledge.

scholarly journals Effect of nutrition education on knowledge of nutrition in relation to prevention of stomach cancer among undergraduates in south-west, Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (55) ◽  
pp. 7035-7054
Author(s):  
GO Anetor ◽  
◽  
BO Ogundele ◽  
OE Oyewole
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Stomach Cancer ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Control Level ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
South West

Stomach cancer is one of the common cancers worldwide including developing countries and is identified as one of the most lethal among the diet related cancers. In Nigeria, there is paucity of data and information about the prevalence of stomach cancer and without doubt this disease is on the increase. Youth engage in the consumption of western diets which have been identified in the literature as one factor that is closely associated with cancers. This shift to western diets by most youth may be due to lack of nutritional knowledge on the health consequences of their eating habits. In years to come, there may be an increase in the incidence of diet -related cancers and other chronic diseases if nutrition education is not put in place especially among the youth. Not many studies in Nigeria have focused on nutrition education of the youth in relation to the prevention of chronic diseases ; prominent among which is stomach cancer. This study is aimed at providing nutrition related education to university undergraduates in order to create awareness about nutrition with a view to preventing a rise in the incidence of stomach cancer and other chronic diseases. A quasi -experimental design was used for this study. Multi -stage sampling was used to select 436 male and female undergraduates between 16 -25 years old from two universities in south- west Nigeria (one control and one experimental ). The intervention consisted of lectures on nutritional factors of stomach cancer one hour weekly for 8 weeks and a placebo lecture on HIV/AIDS stigmatization for the control group. A validated self -structured questionnaire was used to collect the data for the pretest and posttest . Demographic characteristics were analyzed with percentages; variables were analyzed using t -test and ANCOVA set at 95% confidence interval. Nutrition education improved knowledge of nutrition in the participants (p<0.00). The experimental group displayed higher nutrition knowledge compared to control . Level of study affected participants’ nutrition knowledge; students of lower level study performed better (p< 0.00). Gender also affected participants’ nutrition knowledge; females performed better than males (p<0.00). More nutrition education should be encouraged in school setting s to improve knowledge of nutrition in order to prevent a possible dietary risk of stomach cancer and other chronic diseases.

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