Construction of nutrition health educational guidance outline for primary and secondary school students in Shanghai / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Objective@#Develop a nutrition health educational guidance outline for primary and secondary school students which is adapted to the characteristics of Shanghai and meets the cognitive level of students at different levels, so as to provide a reference for planning the content and target of nutrition health education among students of different school stages.@*Methods@#Through literature search and qualitative interviews, the framework of nutrition health education for primary and secondary school students in Shanghai was developed, and 21 experts in the fields of nutrition, school health and health education were invitied to conduct a Delphi consultation, and determined the content of nutrition and health education for students in each school section based on the consultation results.@*Results@#The recall rate for both rounds of consultation was 100%, the degree of expert authority was 0.74 and 0.89 , and the coordination coefficients were 0.31 and 0.33( P <0.01), suggesting high credibility of expert opinion. The resulting guidance outline included 2 first level entries, 6 second level entries, 60 third level entries and corresponding entry explanations. The 2 first level entries were rational nutrition and food safety; the 6 second level entries were food and nutrients, balanced diet, good eating habits, nutritional practices, good hygiene habits and food borne diseases; the 60 third level entries needed to be studied in Level 1 were 24, Level 2 were 41, Level 3 were 55, and Level 4 were 59.@*Conclusion@#The nutrition health educational guidance outline for primary and secondary school students in Shanghai developed in this study focuses on key nutrition knowledge, rational dietary behaviors and nutrition practice skills, which can provide a reference and basis for the phased implementation of nutrition health education in primary and secondary schools.