Effectiveness of Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on Knowledge, Attitude and Food Security towards Malnutrition among Adolescent Girls in Borno State, Nigeria
Knowledge and attitude are essential components of food security as malnutrition remains a critical public health concern among adolescents. The study evaluates the effectiveness of a Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on knowledge, attitude and food security towards malnutrition among ado...
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| author | Ruth Charles Shapu Suriani Ismail Poh Ying Lim Norliza Ahmad Hussaini Garba Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi |
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| description | Knowledge and attitude are essential components of food security as malnutrition remains a critical public health concern among adolescents. The study evaluates the effectiveness of a Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on knowledge, attitude and food security towards malnutrition among adolescent girls. This was a cluster randomized controlled trial among 417 randomly selected adolescent girls aged 10 to 19 years old in Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria from October 2019 to March 2020. About 208 respondents were assigned to experimental while 209 to control group, respectively, using an opaque sealed envelope. A structured questionnaire using KoBo Collect Toolbox was used for the collection of data at baseline, three and six-months post intervention while the data collected were analyzed using generalized estimating equation (GEE). The outcome of the baseline shows no statistically significant difference in sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and food security between experimental and control groups. The study reveals a statistically significant difference between experimental and control groups for knowledge (<i>p</i> < 0.001; <i>p</i> < 0.001), attitude (<i>p</i> < 0.001; <i>p</i> < 0.001) and food security (<i>p</i> = 0.026; <i>p</i> = 0.001) at three and six-months post intervention, respectively. The triple benefit health education intervention package employed in this study can serve as an intervention tool to combat malnutrition among adolescent girls in Nigeria at large. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49f78d98c1c5451f94ae3280b0b08f252023-11-23T11:31:54ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582022-01-0111113010.3390/foods11010130Effectiveness of Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on Knowledge, Attitude and Food Security towards Malnutrition among Adolescent Girls in Borno State, NigeriaRuth Charles Shapu0Suriani Ismail1Poh Ying Lim2Norliza Ahmad3Hussaini Garba4Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi5Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Physical and Health Education, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri 600230, Borno State, NigeriaDepartment of Physical and Health Education, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri 600230, Borno State, NigeriaKnowledge and attitude are essential components of food security as malnutrition remains a critical public health concern among adolescents. The study evaluates the effectiveness of a Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on knowledge, attitude and food security towards malnutrition among adolescent girls. This was a cluster randomized controlled trial among 417 randomly selected adolescent girls aged 10 to 19 years old in Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria from October 2019 to March 2020. About 208 respondents were assigned to experimental while 209 to control group, respectively, using an opaque sealed envelope. A structured questionnaire using KoBo Collect Toolbox was used for the collection of data at baseline, three and six-months post intervention while the data collected were analyzed using generalized estimating equation (GEE). The outcome of the baseline shows no statistically significant difference in sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and food security between experimental and control groups. The study reveals a statistically significant difference between experimental and control groups for knowledge (<i>p</i> < 0.001; <i>p</i> < 0.001), attitude (<i>p</i> < 0.001; <i>p</i> < 0.001) and food security (<i>p</i> = 0.026; <i>p</i> = 0.001) at three and six-months post intervention, respectively. The triple benefit health education intervention package employed in this study can serve as an intervention tool to combat malnutrition among adolescent girls in Nigeria at large.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/1/130triple benefit health education interventionadolescent girlsknowledgeattitudefood securityKoBo Collect Toolbox |
| spellingShingle | Ruth Charles Shapu Suriani Ismail Poh Ying Lim Norliza Ahmad Hussaini Garba Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi Effectiveness of Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on Knowledge, Attitude and Food Security towards Malnutrition among Adolescent Girls in Borno State, Nigeria Foods triple benefit health education intervention adolescent girls knowledge attitude food security KoBo Collect Toolbox |
| title | Effectiveness of Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on Knowledge, Attitude and Food Security towards Malnutrition among Adolescent Girls in Borno State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Effectiveness of Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on Knowledge, Attitude and Food Security towards Malnutrition among Adolescent Girls in Borno State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on Knowledge, Attitude and Food Security towards Malnutrition among Adolescent Girls in Borno State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on Knowledge, Attitude and Food Security towards Malnutrition among Adolescent Girls in Borno State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Effectiveness of Triple Benefit Health Education Intervention on Knowledge, Attitude and Food Security towards Malnutrition among Adolescent Girls in Borno State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | effectiveness of triple benefit health education intervention on knowledge attitude and food security towards malnutrition among adolescent girls in borno state nigeria |
| topic | triple benefit health education intervention adolescent girls knowledge attitude food security KoBo Collect Toolbox |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/1/130 |
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