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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nutrition among school teachers in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Teachers play a pivotal role in imparting nutritional knowledge to their students. This research aimed to evaluate the nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of selected Bangladeshi school teachers across the country. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed us...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10038292/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36961846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283530 |
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author | Habib, Mohammad Asadul Alam, Mohammad Rahanur Rahman, Tanjina Chowdhury, Akibul Islam Shill, Lincon Chandra |
author_facet | Habib, Mohammad Asadul Alam, Mohammad Rahanur Rahman, Tanjina Chowdhury, Akibul Islam Shill, Lincon Chandra |
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description | BACKGROUND: Teachers play a pivotal role in imparting nutritional knowledge to their students. This research aimed to evaluate the nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of selected Bangladeshi school teachers across the country. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed using a multistage sampling method. A pretested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis, and ANOVA tests, were performed to carry out the study. RESULTS: Among the 280 participants, only 9.9% were happy with their understanding of childhood nutrition requirements, around 54.2% were familiar with basic nutrition-related knowledge, and overall, 97.7% of participants had a positive attitude towards learning about nutrition-related knowledge focusing on the well-being of children. Moreover, only 38.7% had training in pediatric nutrition. Age, type of school, type of residence, professional training of school teachers, and the intent of having ever taken part or paying attention to nutrition-related knowledge significantly impacted the respondents’ nutrition knowledge score (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Adequate planning and intervention measures should be developed to improve teachers’ understanding, behavior, and practice that encourage the growth of optimal nutrition-related behavior among school-aged children to establish a healthy nation. |
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spelling | pubmed-100382922023-03-25 Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nutrition among school teachers in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study Habib, Mohammad Asadul Alam, Mohammad Rahanur Rahman, Tanjina Chowdhury, Akibul Islam Shill, Lincon Chandra PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Teachers play a pivotal role in imparting nutritional knowledge to their students. This research aimed to evaluate the nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of selected Bangladeshi school teachers across the country. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed using a multistage sampling method. A pretested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis, and ANOVA tests, were performed to carry out the study. RESULTS: Among the 280 participants, only 9.9% were happy with their understanding of childhood nutrition requirements, around 54.2% were familiar with basic nutrition-related knowledge, and overall, 97.7% of participants had a positive attitude towards learning about nutrition-related knowledge focusing on the well-being of children. Moreover, only 38.7% had training in pediatric nutrition. Age, type of school, type of residence, professional training of school teachers, and the intent of having ever taken part or paying attention to nutrition-related knowledge significantly impacted the respondents’ nutrition knowledge score (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Adequate planning and intervention measures should be developed to improve teachers’ understanding, behavior, and practice that encourage the growth of optimal nutrition-related behavior among school-aged children to establish a healthy nation. Public Library of Science 2023-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10038292/ /pubmed/36961846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283530 Text en © 2023 Habib et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Habib, Mohammad Asadul Alam, Mohammad Rahanur Rahman, Tanjina Chowdhury, Akibul Islam Shill, Lincon Chandra Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nutrition among school teachers in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study |
title | Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nutrition among school teachers in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study |
title_full | Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nutrition among school teachers in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nutrition among school teachers in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nutrition among school teachers in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study |
title_short | Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nutrition among school teachers in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | knowledge, attitudes, and practices (kap) of nutrition among school teachers in bangladesh: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10038292/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36961846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283530 |
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