Assessment Of Nutritional Knowledge And Practice On The Health Of Pregnant Women
Abstract
The interaction between a pregnant mother and her developing baby are numerous and varied ranging from the food she eats to the kicks of the baby that she feels. What the developing baby feeds on goes a long way in determining its state of health at birth. For a pregnant mother to eat healthfully, she needs to have adequate knowledge of the different component of food. But if the knowledge is not put in practice, it becomes meaningless.
The major objective of this study therefore was to examine the nutritional knowledge and practice of the pregnant women in Mayo-Dassa Jalingo Taraba State. Because of the large number involved, and the fact that most of the hospital had no maternity, only two hundred and fifty pregnant women were used. Eight specific objectives and corresponding research questions and six hypotheses were stated and used for the study.
The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire which had three sections. The personal data of the respondents, fourteen questions each on nutritional knowledge and practice respectively. The questionnaire responses on knowledge were two-point scale of Yes and No while that of practices were in three-point scale of “Practice Always”. “Do not practice” and “Practice Rarely”. Data were analyzed using correlation analysis, percentage, ANOVA and multiple t-test of paired comparison. The results showed that all the hypothesis of the study were rejected. The mean (x) percentage of the subjects who indicated knowledge of what constituted good nutrition was greater than those who indicated regular practice. Some correlation existed between the subject’s knowledge of nutrition and their nutritional practice. Education, age and parity influenced their knowledge and practices of nutrition. Based on these results some recommendations were made such as:- (a) Health educators and nutritionists should be invited to give health talks to pregnant women during antenatal clinic. (b) The age, educational level and parity levels of these pregnant women should be considered during the lessons.
Chapter One
1.0 INTRODUCTION:
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Chapter Two: Literature Review
2.0 INTRODUCTION:
This chapter provides the background and context of the research problems, reviews the existing literature on the Assessment Of Nutritional Knowledge And Practice On The Health Of Pregnant Women, and acknowledges the contributions of scholars who have previously conducted similar research [REV75393] …
Table of Content
TITLE PAGE I
APPROVAL PAGE II
CERTIFICATION III
DEDICATION IV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT V
ABSTRACT VI
TABLE OF CONTENT VII
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.6 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.7 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 CONCEPT OF NUTRITION
2.2 CONCEPT OF PREGNANCY (EXPECTANT)
2.3 NUTRITIONAL NEEDS AND KNOWLEDGE IN PREGNANCY
2.4 NUTRITIONAL PRACTICES IN PREGNANCY
2.5 EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AND PREGNANC
2.6 EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON THE ROLE OF NUTRITION
2.7 SUPPLEMENTS IN PREGNANCY
2.8 EFFECTS OF WEIGHT GAIN IN PREGNANCY
2.9 CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING NUTRITIONAL NEEDS IN PREGNANCY
2.10 SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 METHODOLOGY
3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN
3.2 DESIGN OF THE STUDY
3.3 AREA OF STUDY
3.4 POPULATION OF THE STUDY
3.5 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
3.6 INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION
3.7 VALIDITY OF THE INSTRUMENT
3.8 RELIABILITY
3.9 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
3.9 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
4.2 SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS
CHAPTER FIVE
4.0 DISCUSSION , CONCLUSION , RECOMMENDATION
4.1 DISCUSSION
4.2 CONCLUSION
4.3 RECOMMENDATION
4.4 IMPLICATION OF THE STUDY
LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRE APPENDIX