Keberkesanan Buku Interaktif dalam Meningkatkan Pengetahuan Pemakanan bagi Kanak-kanak Prasekolah (Effectiveness of Interactive Book in Improving Nutrition Knowledge Among Preschoolers)
http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JSKM-2021-1902
- Author:
KU AKMAL AFIFI KU MARUDZI
1
;
SYAFIQAH HUSNA RUSDI
1
;
TANG XIU LEONG
1
;
NUR HANA HAMZAID
1
Author Information
1. Program Dietetik, Fakulti Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Effectiveness;
nutrition education;
interactive book;
preschool
- From:Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences
2021;19(No.2):77-86
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Nutrition education on healthy eating during childhood plays an important role in ensuring healthy growth process of
children. One method of doing so is by using age-appropriate education tools. This cross-sectional, quasi-experimental
study was to assess the effectiveness of interactive book, which had its content appropriateness assessed, as an education
tools in improving knowledge level on healthy diet among preschoolers. 116 subjects aged 4-6 years (60±10 months)
were recruited and randomly grouped into intervention group and control group (each with 58 subjects) from five
kindergartens in Bangi, Selangor where only those subjects from intervention group were exposed to the interactive
book prepared prior to this study. A same set of questionnaires, with a total score of 32, was used to assess changes in
subjects’ knowledge levels at Pre-test (before intervention), Post-test I and Post-test II (one-week after Pre-test), where
Post-test I only involved subjects from intervention group. At Pre-test, the intervention group scored 25±5, while the
control group scored 26±4. After intervention, mean score for intervention group increased to 29±4 for both Post-test I
and Post-test II; whereas it remained relatively unchanged for control group for Post-test II (26±5). Significant increase
in knowledge level (p<0.001) was found in intervention group, both after intervention and effect of group*time,
compared to control group (p=0.077). Hence, this study proved that interactive book could potentially be an effective
education tool in nutrition education and improving knowledge level on healthy diet among preschoolers and children.
- Full text:14.2021my0393.pdf
