Ruzita A T, Wan Azdie M Ab, Ismail M N
Department of Nutrition and Dietetic, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 50300 Kuala Lumpur.
Malays J Nutr. 2007 Mar;13(1):45-54. Epub 2007 Mar 15.
This study was conducted to determine changes in nutrition knowledge, attitude and practice of 8-year-old school children after receiving a nutrition education package. A total of 418 school children from urban and rural areas participated in this study. The intervention group consisted of 237 children while 181 children who did not receive the nutrition education package acted as controls. The nutrition education programme that was conducted for 3 weeks comprised of a video viewing session and a comic reading session followed by exercise questions as reinforcement for each session, and also classroom activities. Knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaires were distributed to the children before (pre-intervention) and after (postintervention) receiving the nutrition education programme. A follow-up visit was conducted six months after the programme had elapsed. The results obtained indicated that the nutrition knowledge score increased significantly in the intervention group from 48.3±13.2 at pre-test to 54.6±16.2 in post-test and 55.0±14.3 in follow-up test (p<0.05). The nutrition attitude score also increased significantly from 68.7±15.5 at pre-intervention to 72.6±15.0 and 74.7±15.8 during post-test and follow-up test respectively (p<0.05). However, the nutrition practice score had no significant improvement in both groups throughout the study period. There were no significant changes in the control group in knowledge, attitude and practice scores at pre, post and follow-up tests. In conclusion, this study showed that a good nutrition education programme had a positive impact whereby better nutrition knowledge, attitude and healthy eating habits in children were seen. It is hoped that the improvements would be sustained throughout their lives.
本研究旨在确定8岁学童在接受一套营养教育方案后营养知识、态度和行为的变化。共有418名来自城市和农村地区的学童参与了本研究。干预组由237名儿童组成，而181名未接受营养教育方案的儿童作为对照组。为期3周的营养教育计划包括一次视频观看课程和一次漫画阅读课程，随后是练习题以强化每次课程内容，还有课堂活动。在接受营养教育计划之前（干预前）和之后（干预后），向儿童发放了知识、态度和行为问卷。在该计划结束六个月后进行了一次随访。所得结果表明，干预组的营养知识得分从预测试时的48.3±13.2显著提高到后测试时的54.6±16.2以及随访测试时的55.0±14.3（p<0.05）。营养态度得分也从干预前的68.7±15.5显著提高到后测试时的72.6±15.0以及随访测试时的74.7±15.8（p<0.05）。然而，在整个研究期间，两组的营养行为得分均未显著改善。对照组在预测试、后测试和随访测试中的知识、态度和行为得分均无显著变化。总之，本研究表明，一个良好的营养教育计划具有积极影响，能使儿童拥有更好的营养知识、态度和健康的饮食习惯。希望这些改善能在他们的一生中持续保持。
