Evaluation of Existing Printed Nutrition Education Materials About Childhood Obesity
- Author:
Ruzita Abd Talib
;
Lim Shi Han
;
Hanee Fakhrurazi
;
Siti Sabariah Buhari
;
Poh Bee Koon
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Media, Evaluation, Nutrition education, Childhood obesity
- From:Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences
2013;11(2):55-62
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Printed educational material is the primary mode of communication in public health education. However, there is a
scarcity of studies that evaluate the acceptance towards printed educational materials in Malaysia. Therefore, this
study was conducted with the aim of evaluating existing printed nutrition educational materials regarding childhood
obesity for use in nutrition education or health promotion programme. This study was conducted in two stages. Stage
1 involved a survey of existing printed nutrition educational materials related to childhood obesity and pilot testing on
questionnaires that was developed. Whereas Stage 2 was the evaluation of the acceptance of subjects towards existing
printed educational materials and changes in knowledge level after reading the materials. Likert scale from 1 (very not
satisfactory) to 5 (very satisfactory) was used in the evaluation. Subjects in this study comprised 67 individuals who were
educational and health professionals (n = 7), adults (n = 30) and children (n = 30). In this study, adults were given a
booklet that focused on prevention and management of childhood obesity such as complications of childhood obesity and
food preparation. Children received a booklet that focused on food pyramid, importance of breakfast, physical activity
and so on and a poster that focused on healthy food choices. The professionals were given all three printed materials.
This study found that the acceptance of subjects towards content, illustrations, tables and fi gures, colour, organization of picture, organization of content, language and font size of the three printed educational materials are variety, which
ranged from not satisfactory to very satisfactory. Mean satisfaction score of booklet targeted at adult population was
3.9 ± 0.5 while mean satisfaction score of booklet targeted at children population was 4.3 ± 0.4 and poster was 3.9 ±
0.9. Knowledge score of the professionals increased from 88.6 ± 11.2% to 95.5 ± 3.2% after reading the educational
materials. The knowledge score of adults also increased signifi cantly (p < 0.001) from 67.7 ± 13.6% to 84.8 ± 15.9%;
among children, knowledge score signifi cantly increased (p < 0.001) from 65.3 ± 14.4% to 84.0 ± 11.4%. In conclusion,
the existing printed educational materials were well-accepted and were able to increase the knowledge level of target
population. Therefore, the printed educational materials are suitable to be used in any health education program related
to childhood obesity
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