The impact of nutrition and health education intervention on kindergarten students' nutrition and exercise knowledge

Roofe, Nina

doi:10.31274/etd-180810-1938

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“…A quasi-experimental research in Southern State proved that the students who had school curriculum on health and nutrition had significant improved knowledge which reflected their day to day health practice. [19] Similar impact we observed in rural group, who were getting health education intervention on regular basis, had greater knowledge score in both pre and post-test whereas in urban group, who got intervention just once, had significant changes in post-test knowledge score proved that the positive response of the participants to our intervention and medicine intake. Gao et al (2012) argued that misconceptions about diseases, its treatments, side effects of the drugs, improper knowledge can be demystified by direct health education intervention.…”

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confidence: 73%

Feasibility of school-based health intervention for compliance of mass drug administration for soil transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh

Faizah¹,

Murhandarwati²,

Prabandari³

et al. 2020

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Background: Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Programs has been conducting bi-annually at school level to eliminate Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) from Bangladesh since 2008. Because of very low MDA coverage in Bangladesh, this study explored the perceptions of stakeholders about MDA program implementation, knowledge of students regarding helminthiasis and MDA including its potential barriers.Methods: 258 students of grade IV of three public schools from Khulna district, Bangladesh were randomly selected. This study follows mixed-method approach while Qualitative methods were used to evaluate the perception, barriers and favourable environment based on IDIs and FGDs with key stakeholders and quantitative method used to assess the students' response to School-Based Health Education (SBHE) intervention and knowledge of STH and MDA.Results: In result, positive understanding and attitude towards MDA program are seen within community as well as have basic knowledge on STH. Rumour of drugs potential side effects and insufficiently trained manpower are found as key barriers. After SBHE intervention among urban and rural students' knowledge improved by 64.31% and 13.04% respectively including MDA coverage has increased by 40.08% and 8.69% respectively as well.Conclusions: SBHE intervention improves knowledge, but to make that knowledge effective and sustainable, teachers need to get proper trainings on regular basis. Improved knowledge of the community can increase MDA coverage if we are able to remove the program obstacle like rumours of side effect of the medicine and constraints of skilled human resources.

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confidence: 73%