The effect of nutrition knowledge and attitude on dietary practices of pregnant women
A study was conducted to assess the effect of nutrition knowledge and attitude towards the importance of nutrition in prenatal health care on the dietary practices of 100 pregnant women in southeastern and southwestern Virginia. Women were of both high and low socioeconomic status. To assess knowled...
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ndltd-VTETD-oai-vtechworks.lib.vt.edu-10919-647062021-05-05T05:40:13Z The effect of nutrition knowledge and attitude on dietary practices of pregnant women Shavink, Maryann Human Nutrition and Foods LD5655.V855 1974.S52 A study was conducted to assess the effect of nutrition knowledge and attitude towards the importance of nutrition in prenatal health care on the dietary practices of 100 pregnant women in southeastern and southwestern Virginia. Women were of both high and low socioeconomic status. To assess knowledge and attitude, a questionnaire was developed. Validity and reliability were established for both the attitude and knowledge tests of the questionnaire. Dietary assessment was done by using a 24-hour recall and a diet history. Ratings for three different measures of dietary practice were determined. Knowledge of nutrition had a greater correlation with all measures of dietary practice than did attitude. As would be imagined, the interaction of knowledge and attitude with dietary practices had a higher correlation with dietary practices than did either knowledge or attitude alone. Socioeconomic status was positively correlated with adequacy of dietary practices, knowledge of nutrition and attitude toward the importance of nutrition as a component of prenatal health care. Master of Science 2016-02-01T18:05:43Z 2016-02-01T18:05:43Z 1974 Thesis Text http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64706 en OCLC# 38995096 In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ 69 leaves application/pdf application/pdf Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
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A study was conducted to assess the effect of nutrition knowledge and attitude towards the importance of nutrition in prenatal health care on the dietary practices of 100 pregnant women in southeastern and southwestern Virginia. Women were of both high and low socioeconomic status. To assess knowledge and attitude, a questionnaire was developed. Validity and reliability were established for both the attitude and knowledge tests of the questionnaire. Dietary assessment was done by using a 24-hour recall and a diet history. Ratings for three different measures of dietary practice were determined.
Knowledge of nutrition had a greater correlation with all measures of dietary practice than did attitude. As would be imagined, the interaction of knowledge and attitude with dietary practices had a higher correlation with dietary practices than did either knowledge or attitude alone. Socioeconomic status was positively correlated with adequacy of dietary practices, knowledge of nutrition and attitude toward the importance of nutrition as a component of prenatal health care. === Master of Science |
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