Analysis of Acceptance of Printed Educational Materials for the Management of Childhood Obesity

Rosly, Nurfarhana Sahira (2020) Analysis of Acceptance of Printed Educational Materials for the Management of Childhood Obesity. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

The prevalence of childhood obesity keeps increasing every year. It is found that educational materials are important to enhance understanding and increase knowledge especially among children. The acceptance of printed educational material for the management of childhood obesity is a comprehensive study to see the importance of educational materials for childhood obesity management. Thus, this cross-sectional study involving children aged 7 to 12 years old at 4 districts of Selangor (Hulu Selangor, Hulu Langat, Petaling and Klang) aimed to determine the knowledge change, stage of changes and understandability of Stage-based Tailored Nutrition Education Package for Childhood Obesity (ST-NEPCO). ST-NPECO were developed in 2014 by Nor Baizura et. al. that focus on contents regarding management of childhood obesity. Consent for this study were obtained from the parent itself by providing them with google form. Explanation of the study and a section on agreement to participate in this study also provided. Sociodemographic background was obtained from parents through online questionnaire. Pre- and post-questionnaire were also distributed online through Whatsapp application to test differences of knowledge and Stage of Changes after the subjects watched video explanation using ST-NEPCO from youtube. A series of question adapted from the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT-P) were used to determine understandability of the printed educational materials. Height and weight were self-reported and Body Mass Index status were classified based on BMI-for-age (WHO, 2007). A total of 30 children had participated in the study. Majority of the subject were male and all (n=30) were Malay. The knowledge changes were determined by difference marks of post-questionnaire as compared to pre-questionnaire and SOC change also determine based on classification on SOC of the subjects before and after watching the video. There were increase trend found for knowledge change and Stage of Changes (increase SOC of the subjects from pre- to post-) of the subject in term of pre- and post-questionnaire and it was found that there was no association between knowledge changes (fat, fruits and vegetables and physical activity) with sociodemographic of the subjects. More than half of the subject (66.7%) have high understandability of the printed educational material. Thus, Educational materials was important to enhance knowledge of children especially for childhood obesity management.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	12 Apr 2023 07:08
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2023 07:08
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/847

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