Nutrition education worksite intervention for university staff: Application of the Health Belief Model

被引:63
作者
Abood, DA
Black, DR
Feral, D
机构
[1] Florida State Univ, Dept Nutr Food & Exercise Sci, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
[2] Purdue Univ, Dept Hlth & Kinesiol, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
关键词
nutrition education; worksite; Health Belief Model; university staff;
D O I
10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60057-2
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of an 8-week worksite nutrition education intervention for university staff using the Health Belief Model (HBM) to promote healthful dietary behaviors that reduce risks for cardiovascular disease and cancer. Design: 2 x 2 repeated measures baseline/posttest ex post facto research design. Participants: Staff employees were randomly assigned to treatment (n = 28) and control groups (n = 25). Intervention: The intervention focused on specific health beliefs, nutrition knowledge, and dietary practices to demonstrate treatment effect. Main Outcome Measures: Dependent variables were specific health beliefs, nutrition knowledge, and dietary behaviors. Independent variables were demographic characteristics and group assignment. Analyses: Tests of parametric assumptions, power analyses, analysis of variance, and Kuder-Richardson and Pearson product-moment coefficients were computed and specificity of treatment effects was assessed. Results: Perceived benefits of healthy nutrition practices and nutrition knowledge related to cardiovascular disease and cancer significantly improved among the treatment participants, P < .001. Treatment group participants also significantly reduced total calories, fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol intake (each P < .001). Conclusions: The intervention appears to be related to treatment effects and significantly increased nutrition knowledge and decreased energy, fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol intake to levels consistent with national recommendations.
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页码:260 / 267
页数:8
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