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Nutrition education for Cambodian refugees: Evaluating a health intervention media project
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to test the video education tool, Choosing Cambodian Foods Wisely, to determine if Cambodian refugees would respond to this intervention as culturally appropriate and nutritionally educational. An evaluation study consisting of a pretest, posttest 1 and posttest 2 was introduced to a cluster sample of 20 Cambodian refugees; however, due to attrition, the analysis of the data was based on 17 cases. An ANOVA test revealed a significant difference between the means of the test scores. These results supported the hypothesis that the video education tool was effective in increasing the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of the subjects in regard to the nutritional elements iron, calcium, cholesterol, sugar, and salt. The research further suggested that these increases were sustained over a one month period. Ninety percent of the subjects reported that the video provided at least some culturally appropriate, accurate, and useful nutrition information and that they would recommend the video to others. These study results suggest that health educators focus their attention on media methods to achieve health interventions for cultural groups.
Subject Area
Health education|Public health|Multicultural Education
Recommended Citation
Poremba, Barbara Ann, "Nutrition education for Cambodian refugees: Evaluating a health intervention media project" (1991). Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest. AAI9132898.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9132898