Effects of Nutrition Literacy Promotion Program on nutrition literacy and food consumption behaviour of Novices, Surin Province
Keywords:
Nutrition literacy promotion program, Nutrition literacy, Food consumption behaviourAbstract
The objective of the pre- and post-test quasi-experimental research was to examine effects of nutrition literacy promotion program on nutrition literacy and food consumption behaviour of novices in two Phrapariyatidhamma schools in Surin Province. Simple random sampling was used to choose a sample of 60 novices, 30 of whom were in the experimental group and 30 in the control group. The experimental participated in the nutrition literacy promotion program for four weeks. Data was gathered between August 2021 and August 2022 by using nutrition literacy and food consumption behaviour measurement. The measurement of nutrition literacy measurement showed a content validity index of 0.82-0.96, KR-20= 0.92, and food consumption behaviour measurement showed a content validity index ranged between 0.78-0.90 and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.84. Data was analysed by using descriptive statistics, paired t-tests, and independent t-tests.
The results were discovered as follows:
- The average scores of nutrition literacy and food consumption behaviour of novices were greater after participating in the program than before participating in the program (p< 0.001) (t=13.11) (t=8.65)
- The average scores of nutrition literacy and food consumption behaviour of novices in the experimental group was higher than in the control group (p< 0.001) (t=13.64) (t=10.50)
The findings of this study can be used as baseline by Phrapariyatidhamma schools to implement and include the nutrition literacy promotion program into the curriculum in order to promote greater nutrition literacy and appropriate food consumption behaviour.
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