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NUTRITION |
Official publication of
the Nutrition
Society of Malaysia
Since March 1995
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2007, Volume 13 No. 1
ARTICLE 5
The Effectiveness of Nutrition Education Programme for
Primary School Children
Ruzita AT1, Wan Azdie MAB2 & Ismail MN1
1 Department of Nutrition and Dietetic, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia, 50300 Kuala Lumpur;
2 Department of Nutrition Sciences, Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic
University Malaysia, Jalan Istana, Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang
ABSTRACT
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.
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