Journal of Education and Health Promotion

A study to assess the effectiveness of a nutrition education session using flipchart among school‑going adolescent girls

. Kameshwary Raikar; . Archana Thakur; . Abha Mangal; . Joyce Felicia Vaghela; . Sayantan Banerjee; . Vinita Gupta

Volume 10, Issue 7 , July 2020, , Pages 1-7

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INTRODUCTION: Adolescence is characterized by a rapid phase of growth and developmentduring which the requirement of nutrition and micronutrients is relatively high. Although there ... Read More INTRODUCTION: Adolescence is characterized by a rapid phase of growth and developmentduring which the requirement of nutrition and micronutrients is relatively high. Although there is adecreasing trend in the prevalence of undernutrition among adolescents, the current prevalenceof undernutrition is still very high (41.9%). Adolescents with good nutrition knowledge are morelikely to follow healthy eating habits. In the light of this, the current study was planned to assess thebaseline nutrition‑related knowledge of adolescent girls and the effectiveness of nutrition educationmaterial (flipchart) in increasing their nutrition‑related knowledge.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A school‑based interventional study was conducted among adolescentgirls of class 9th of a school in an urban slum of Delhi. A structured pretested Knowledge AssessmentQuestionnaire consisting of 10 multiple‑choice questions in Hindi with a maximum score of 10 wasused. The intervention was a nutrition education session conducted by doctors of Community Healthdepartment using specially designed flipcharts covering important aspects of nutrition relevant foradolescent girls. A demonstration of food items and charts and flex material was also given. Thetotal sample size was 265 adolescent girls.RESULTS: Baseline knowledge as assessed by mean pretest score was poor (3.698 ± 1.81).The students’ baseline knowledge was significantly associated with mother’s educationalstatus (P = 0.024). There was a significant increase (mean difference was 1.7890 ± 0.1434) in thenutrition‑related knowledge of the participants after the intervention (P < 0.001). The proportion ofstudents who improved, i.e., 147 (55.47%) was more than proportion who deteriorated (25 [9.43%])after the educational session. This difference was found to be statistically significant (P ≤ 0.001).CONCLUSION: Nutrition knowledge was found poor among school‑going adolescent girls, whichsignificantly improved after the nutrition education session.

Academic stress among Indian adolescent girls

. Seyed Fahim Irandoost; . Mohammad Hosein Taghdisi; . Tahereh Dehdari; . Bahman Bayangani; . Nammam Ali Azadi; . Sreevani Rentala; . Raghavendra Bheemappa Nayak; . Sugnyani Devi Patil; . Gayatri Subray Hegde; . Rajashree Aladakatti

Volume 9, Issue 8 , August 2019, , Pages 1-7

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CONTEXT: Academic learning is the main source of stress among adolescents and is associated withmental health problems; finding its determinants helps to know the risk factors that ... Read More

Health need assessment in female adolescents, in Qom: A cross sectional study

. Zahra Alipour; . Narges Eskandari; . Sareh Sangi; . Esmat Gafarbegloo; . Hoda Ahmari Tehran; . Zahra Aghvam Karbasi; . Azam Bagheri

Volume 9, Issue 2 , February 2019, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Due to the young population of Iran, a significant number ofteenagers in our country and the importance of the health of adolescents, especially teenage girlswho ... Read More

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A study to assess the effectiveness of a nutrition education session using flipchart among school‑going adolescent girls

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Academic stress among Indian adolescent girls

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Health need assessment in female adolescents, in Qom: A cross sectional study

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