Effect of Educational Intervention Program regarding Knowledge, Attitude, and Habits of Junk Food among Primary School Students | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 35, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2022, Page 487-501 PDF (718.61 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.219051 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Sahar Elbastawey1; Fatma El Emam Hafeze Elemam2; Hoda Esmat Mahmoud Khalil3; Naglaa kamel Abdallah Hussien4 | ||||
| 1Lecturer at Family and Community Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, PortSaid University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Assistant professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Misr University for Science and technology | ||||
| 4Assistant Professor Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University and Assistant Professor, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al Baha University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Junk food is very popular in modern society and its harmful effects cannot be neglected. The aim was to evaluate the effect of educational intervention program regarding knowledge, attitude, and habits of junk food among primary school students. Subjects and method: Design: A quasi experimental research design was utilized to fulfill the aim of this study. Setting: the research was conducted at two Mansura primary schools in Mansura city. Subjects: A multi-stages technique of purposive sample of 360 primary school students was involved in this study. Tools for data collection: A structured interview questionnaire which consisted of four parts; part (I) demographic characteristics of the primary school students; part (II) primary school students' knowledge regarding junk food (pre/post), part (III) primary school students' attitude regarding junk food (pre/post), and part (IV) primary school students' habits regarding junk food (pre/post). Results: The study result revealed that there were highly significant improvements in primary school students' knowledge, practice, and habits regarding junk food post one month of educational intervention (P<0.001). There was a positive significant correlation (P=0.005) between school-age students' knowledge scores, practice, and their habits post-one month of educational intervention program. Conclusion: The present study concluded that educational intervention program implementation had a positive effect on improving knowledge, attitude, and habits of junk food among primary school students. Recommendations: The study recommended that educational program regarding knowledge, healthy attitude and ill effects of junk food should be taught to primary school students. Replication of the current study with a larger sample of school-age students regarding junk food in different settings is required for generalizing the results. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Educational intervention program; junk food; knowledge; attitude and habits; primary school-age students | ||||
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