Sasithorn Wanchai. The development of health promoting school program on food consumption behaviors of primary school students in Prachinburi municipality . Master's Degree(Health Education and Behavioral Sciences). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2006.
The development of health promoting school program on food consumption behaviors of primary school students in Prachinburi municipality
Abstract:
This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the modification of food consumption
behavior of 57 grade 6 students attending Municipal school 3, Prachinburi Muang
Municipality. The school was selected randomly. A questionnaire was used to gather data
regarding food consumption knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. The data analysis was done
by computing frequency, percentage, arithmetic means, and standard deviation. The
comparison analysis of the mean scores and standard deviation of knowledge, attitudes and
behaviors regarding food consumption before and after the program, was done by computing
Paired samples t-test. The results of the research showed that the knowledge of the
experimental group after the program was significantly higher than before the program (pvalue=.
000). The attitude score toward food consumption, after the program, of the
experimental group was significantly higher than before the program (p-value=.04). It was also
found that food consumption behavior after the program was significantly better than before the
program (p-value = 0.14