The effect evaluation of a nutrition and food safety science experience among primary and secondary school students
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2013.30.026
- VernacularTitle:中小学生营养与食品安全科普体验效果评价
- Author:
Wenjie ZHOU
;
Ge LI
;
Yaling QIE
;
Huan ZENG
;
Huaping WANG
;
Jingqiu WANG
;
Zhijiao ZHANG
;
Yong ZHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
college of science;
nutrition knowledge;
food safety;
school students;
effect evaluation
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2013;(30):3658-3661
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of an activity of nutrition science experience on nutrition and food safety cog-nition among primary and secondary school students .Methods With stratified cluster sampling ,students of grade 5 and 6 in one primary school and students of grade 1 and 2 in one middle school in Chongqing were selected ,and randomly divided into interven-tion group(n= 501) and control group(n= 522) .Only conducted the activity in the intervention group .Baseline data of all the students were investigated before the intervention .Effect evaluation was performed instantly in the intervention group and control group ,and a follow-up survey carried out in the intervention group after 9 months(n= 472) .Results The nutrition knowledge scores of instant intervention group were 9 .03 ± 2 .75 and 14 .70 ± 3 .28 before and after intervention respectively (U=29 .78 ,P<0 .01);the knowledge scores of the nine months later intervention group were 12 .35 ± 2 .89 ,which were lower than instant interven-tion group(U=12 .40 ,P<0 .01) ,but higher than before intervention(U=18 .04 ,P<0 .01) .The food safety scores of instant inter-vention group ,which were higher than control group ,nine months later intervention group and before intervention(P<0 .01) .Con-clusion It is feasible and effective to conduct a nutrition science experience among primary and secondary school students .
