EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON PARENTS’ NUTRITIONAL SOCIAL SUPPORT
Journal: Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (IAJPS) (Vol.04, No. 06)Publication Date: 2017-06-26
Authors : Fatemeh Mokhtari; Soheila Ehsanpour; Ashraf Kazemi;
Page : 1778-1783
Keywords : field trial; Social Support; Parents; Nutrition.;
Abstract
Background: Social support is one of the important effective factors on health-related behaviors in different groups. The present study has evaluated the effect of an educational intervention on parents' nutritional social support for having a healthy diet by teenagers. Methods: This field trial was conducted in two groups on the parents of 63 female early adolescent.The level of parents' nutritional social support for having a healthy diet were measured using a questionnaire. One month after performing the educational intervention for parents, parents' nutritional social support for having a healthy diet were measured again. The level of significance was set at 0.05 for all the statistical tests. Results: The study results showed that after intervention means of the level of emotional [p=0.009],informational [p=0.03]and total social support [p=0.03] in the intervention group were significantly more than the control group.The mean of instrumental social support between the intervention and control groups showed no significant difference. Conclusions: Educational intervention on parents increases the nutritional level of parents' nutritional social support in the emotional, informational and total dimensions. Keywords: field trial, Social Support, Parents,Nutrition.
Other Latest Articles
- A CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF TYPES & FREQUENCY OF PRESENTING COMPLAINTS BROUGHT BEFORE DERMA TOLOGISTS IN HYDERABAD, PAKISTAN
- SMOKING AND A 5 YEAR RELAPSE RATE OF TUBERCULOSIS: A CASUAL COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
- PCR DETECTION OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE DNA FROM NASOPHARYNX OF THE PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
- FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF ETHOSOMAL GELS OF MANGIFERA INDICA LEAF EXTRACT
- INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT DOSES OF OMEGA-3 SUPPLEMENTATION ON PRE-INFLAMMATORY AND POST-TRAUMATIC CPR INDEX SWALLOWING ONE SESSION OF RESISTANCE TRAINING IN INACTIVE WOMEN
Last modified: 2017-07-13 00:40:44