The Effect of Nutritional Education on Food Safety and Snack Choices Knowledge among 6th Grade Students in Islamic Elementary School: A Pre-Post Intervention Study
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_105How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Nutrition education; Elementary School; Snack choices; Food safety
- Abstract
Knowledge related to healthy snacks was still inadequate in school- age children. The unhealthy, unsafe and non-nutritious snacks was still occurred in elementary schools. Changes in the behavior of choosing snacks is one of the challenges among school students. The implementation of Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) for food safety for the school is necessary to improve students’ knowledge. This study investigated the effect of nutritional education on food safety and snack choice knowledge among 6th-grade students. The study was conducted in the Islamic Creative Elementary School Mutiara Anak Sholeh, Sidoarjo Indonesia on August 2023. 60 students in 6th grade were involved in the pre-post intervention study. Nutrition education intervention consisted of 15 minutes watching a video related to food safety, 15 minutes watching a video about snack choices, and 30 minutes playing a game about food safety and snack choices. After the intervention of nutritional education, there was a significant increase in knowledge score of 5.27 ± 7.35, from the pretest score of 8 1.36 ± 7.04 to the post-test score of 86.64 ± 7.27, p-value <0.001. The student’s response was enthusiastic, happy, and excited about the nutrition education pro- gram. We conclude nutritional education using video and games media effectively increase the knowledge related to food safety and snack choices among 6th grade elementary student
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TY - CONF AU - Satwika Arya Pratama AU - Noor Rohmah Mayasari AU - Veni Indrawati PY - 2023 DA - 2023/12/19 TI - The Effect of Nutritional Education on Food Safety and Snack Choices Knowledge among 6th Grade Students in Islamic Elementary School: A Pre-Post Intervention Study BT - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2023 (IJCAH 2023) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1050 EP - 1055 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_105 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_105 ID - Pratama2023 ER -