Effect of health education intervention on the prevalence of malnutrition among adolescent girls at El- Kharga City | ||||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 12, Volume 11, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2015, 2015, Page 161-173 PDF (128.38 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.12816/0029260 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Manal Mosalem Saleh1; Wagida Wafik Kamel2 | ||||
| 1M.sc. Nursing | ||||
| 2Assistant Prof. of Community Health Nursing Dept- Faculty of Nursing- Zagazig University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Malnutrition remains a major health problem. Early identification and prevention of malnutrition will prevent a multitude of physical, emotional, social, and economic problems. Aim of the study: was to evaluate the effect of an educational intervention program in improving the knowledge and health status for malnourished girls in El-kharga City. Subjects & Methods: Research design: A quasi-experimental research design with pre-post tests was used to evaluate the effectiveness of nutritional education intervention on improving girls' knowledge and health status for them. Setting: the study was carried out at homes in the selected district in El-kharga City. Subjects: The study included 80 girls suffering from malnutrition; those were exposed to the health education intervention. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used to collect the necessary data (A) Structure interview questionnaire to collect data about demographic characteristics of study girls such as age, level of education, occupation……etc , and their knowledge about nutrition and their nutritional risk habits. (b) Assessment sheet to assess body mass index and level of hemoglobin. Results: revealed that the minority of studied group had limited satisfactory knowledge pre intervention assessment, which improved after the implementation of the educational program. There was also improvement in their nutritional health status by taking balanced diet also and decreasing the risky dietary habits. Conclusion: The studied group < br />had limited knowledge regarding malnutrition before the educational program, which improved after the implementation program, but still more stress is needed for those vulnerable groups. Recommendations: The study recommended the following: health education to girls about balanced diet, and risky habits that lead to malnutrition should provided to them in all health care setting, booklet contain information about balanced diet blasé poster should be available in all health care setting and Future study in other ages to detect prevalence of malnutrition. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Malnutrition; prevalence; Educational intervention; Adolescents | ||||
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