Research Article

EFFECTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION INTERVENTION ON USE OF FOODS LABELS AMONG STUDENTS OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY DUTSE.

UMAR ISAH1*, HAUWAU SHEHU2, AKOREDE, S. N3, SA’AD USMAN4, M. A. SULEIMAN5, UMAR MUSA6
1 Depatment of Nutrition and Foods, Science and Technical Education Board, Jigawa State.
2 Department Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health science, Kaduna State.
3 Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria – Nigeria.
4 Department of Human kinetics and Health Education ABU Zaria.
5 Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
6 New City Hospital and diagnostics Services Limited Zaria
* Corresponding author: Farooq1621@gmail.com
Published: Mar, 2024
Pages: 40-47
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Abstract

Packed food labels display sensitive Health related information like nutrient content, expired date, storage guidelines, mixing guidelines, Health claims and sensitive ingredient in food, drink and other products which are intended to guide consumers on healthy food choices..This study was conducted to assess the effect of six weeks consumer Health Education intervention on use/practice of packaged food label information among the students of Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State. To achieve this purpose, a pretest-posttest experimental research design was used. A total 180 sampled students (90 each for intervention and control) were selected and placed into control and intervention through multi stage sampling procedures of stratified random sampling, systematic, proportionate and simple random sampling techniques. A manual tagged label literacy manual, eight posters and packaged foods labels were used as training aids while a validated questionnaire PFL –PQ was used to test the participants pre and post intervention level of practice of labels. Inferential Statistics of paired sample t-test and effect of size were used to test the effectiveness of the intervention Programme at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed there is significant improvement on practice of packaged food label from the baseline score in the intervention group t(89) = 40.05, p < .00001).Meanwhile the post intervention scores of the variable used /practice of packaged food label among the students showed significant improvement on the intervention group compared to the control group(Value of t(89) =35.64 , p

Keywords

Health Education Intervention Food Labels

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How to Cite

ISAH, U., SHEHU, H., N, A. S., USMAN, S., SULEIMAN, M. A., & MUSA, U. (2024). EFFECTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION INTERVENTION ON USE OF FOODS LABELS AMONG STUDENTS OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY DUTSE.. Global Journal of Health Related Researches, 6(1), 40-47.

U. ISAH, H. SHEHU, A. S. N, S. USMAN, M. A. SULEIMAN, and U. MUSA, "EFFECTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION INTERVENTION ON USE OF FOODS LABELS AMONG STUDENTS OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY DUTSE.," Global Journal of Health Related Researches, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 40-47, March 2024.

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