Title: Effect of health education intervention on nutrition knowledge and practice among primary and middle school students in underdeveloped rural areas of Guangdong Province
Abstract: Objective To understand the effect of health education intervention on nutrition knowledge and practice among primary and middle school students in underdeveloped rural areas of Guangdong Province,and provide basis for further improving nutritional status of primary and middle school students.Methods A multi-staged cluster random sampling method was used to choose the respondents.The health education intervention was carried out among 1909 students in six primary schools and six secondary schools.The forms of health education included lectures,publicity materials,knowledge contests and health education courses.Questionnaire surveys were conducted before and after intervention five months as baseline survey and evaluation survey respectively.Results Before and after intervene,the awareness rate of nutritional knowledge for primary school was 40.5% and 66.1%(P=0.003),42.6% and 71.6%(P=0.009) in middle school.The bad eating habits rate in primary school was 24.6% and 21.6%(P=0.602),32.3% and 33.8%(P=0.754) in middle school.The poor health rate in primary school was 11.3% and 6.5%(P=0.149),14.1% and 7.6%(P=0.083) in middle school.Conclusion Health education intervention could significantly improve the awareness rate of nutrition knowledge in primary and middle school students.Changing dietary habits should be the key content of health education intervention in future.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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