Author : Shawntay Sparks
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis Impact of Nutrition Education Intervention in a Rural Community by : Shawntay Sparks
Download or read book Impact of Nutrition Education Intervention in a Rural Community written by Shawntay Sparks and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, millions of people are diabetic or at risk for becoming diabetic in their lifetime. In order to address the diabetic problem in the rural community, of Brown County, Texas, a nutrition education intervention was delivered to community members. The purpose of this quantitative pretest/post test quality improvement project was to determine if a nutrition education intervention improves the nutrition knowledge of diabetic persons in Brown County, Texas. The project question posed was: Among persons with diabetes, in a rural Texas community, does delivery of hands-on culturally appropriate nutrition education intervention increase food and nutrition knowledge? A convenience sample of 11 (N=11) participants took a pretest prior to the two nutrition education interventions including a hands-on meal, and a post test following the completion of the intervention. Results demonstrated through the nutrition knowledge pretest/post test, taken from USDA ChooseMyPlate.gov, showed post test total score was higher than the pretest total score, but the difference did not attain statistical significance (33.6 vs. 29.2, p = 0.10). Compared to pretest mean scores,post testttest mean score was higher for the protein section (6.9 vs. 5.6, p = 0.03) and this was statistically significant. Participants hpost testr posttest scores, on average, compared to pretest scores, for the vegetables (8.0 vs. 6.8, p = 0.16), grain (6.4 vs. 5.6, p = 0.30), fruit (5.4 vs. 4.8, p = 0.49) and dairy (7.0 vs. 6.3, p = 0.12) sections, though not statistically significant. Practice improvement was realized through the use of nursing nutrition knowledge for community education. Future education programs are needed to support positive health outcomes.