Impact of nutritional education on medical students in Lanzhou region in terms of their relevant knowledge,attitude,and practice / 中华疾病控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To improve the nutritional knowledge and dietary habit of medical students in Lanzhou region for their health.Methods A self-designed survey of nutritional knowledge,attitude,and practice(KAP)was made on 329 medical students in Lanzhou region,with a subsequent nutritional education given to 195 volunteers in the form of lectures,consulting,publicizing materials issuing,among other things.An analysis was made on the effect of the nutritional education using the relevant KAP's self-comparision prior and subsequent to the nutritional education and using the students' response to the nutritional education.Results Before the education,the students in question scored 42.27?8.29 on knowledge,14.29?1.93 on attitude,and 16.39?2.17 on practice.After the education,the three scores rose to 46.52?6.78,15.20?0.98,and 18.39?2.17 respectively,and the students tended to acquire nutritional knowledge through ways of more variety.Their correct dietary practice increased by 15.75%.Their demand for nutritional knowledge became increasingly diversified,a case of which was that their demand for prevention knowledge of malnutrition rose by 20.75%.Through the education,the students in question had an obvious change in their dietary knowledge,attitude,and practice.Conclusions Giving nutritional knowledge education to the medical students in Lanzhou region in a flexible way has a good effect.Their healthful dietary practice should be intensified simultaneously with the improvement of their nutritional knowledge.