Effect of Health Education Intervention on Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Practices among Community Dwelling Adults in Anambra Central Senatorial District, Anambra State

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic and disabling medical condition that has challenged the health of all ages and cultures in recent time. We assessed the effect of health education intervention (HEI) on diabetes prevention practices among community dwelling adults (CDAs) in Anambra Central Senatorial District, Anambra State. In a quasi-experiment adopting pre-test post-test non-control group design, a total number of 276 (64 male and 212 female) adults participated. Data collection was done using self-structured Diabetes Prevention Practices Questionnaire (DPPQ). Mean, standard deviation and analysis of covariance were used for analyses. The findings reveal that the CDAs who were given HEI adopt higher prevention practices on diabetes than their counterpart, and there was no significant interaction effect of HEI and age, gender and level of education on the mean diabetes prevention practices scores of CDAs after HEI. This research proves that health education intervention showed that health education is implicated in adoption of the prevention practices of diabetes. However, health educators should ensure that adequate information of diabetes prevention practices are imparted on community dwelling adults using suitable channels and medium.