Effects of Community Based Nutrition Education Programme on Nutritional Knowledge of Rural Women in Idemili South Local Government Area

Orajekwe Veronica Ngozi Ph.D
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Orajekwe Veronica Ngozi Ph.D: Department of Health and Physical Education Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe Anambra State, Nigeria

Academic Journal of Life Sciences, 2019, vol. 5, issue 12, 124-127

Abstract: The study was undertaken to investigate the effects of community based nutrition education programme on nutritional knowledge of rural women in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. In line with the objectives of the study three research questions and two null hypotheses were postulated. Related literatures were reviewed and summarized. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The accessible population for the study consisted of all the women in the social clubs in the 7 towns that make up Idemili South Local Government Area. The sample consisted of 204 mothers in all the nine social clubs in the randomly selected nine villages. Data were gathered by means of structured questionnaire. Data obtained were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 15. The research questions were answered using mean gain scores. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test. The finding among others showed that there was a significant difference (p

Keywords: Nutrition; Community; Knowledge and rural women. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.32861/ajls.512.124.127

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