Knowledge, attitudes and practices of teachers of basic cycle, exposed and non exposed to a Nutrition Education Course
Keywords:
nutrition education, food habits, nutritionAbstract
Objetive
The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of teacher who had (or had not) been exposed to the educative program that involved the use of games with educative and playful purposes and the didactic planning for the application of these activities.
Methods
The studied sample comprised 51 teachers (15 exposed and 36 not exposed). The questionnaire contained questions on nutritional concepts and on the role of the teacher and the school as a means of promotion of healthy nutritional habits.
Results
The studied variables included knowledge, attitude and nutritional practice of the teachers. Tables of contingency were used for the description of the frequencies of the variables and for the Exact Test of Fisher was used for the comparisons between the exposed and non exposed group, with significance rates of 0,05% or 5%.
Conclusion
It had been observed that the exposed teachers had presented themselves better conceptually prepared and more sensitized in relation to the teacher’s role and the school’s while transforming reality, demonstrating that the program of school feeding can become a space of learning, production and knowledge production.
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