فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Introduction: Teachers are one of the most influential groups in elevating social health, and theirteaching nutritional points to the students can both affect students’ awareness and the transferringof such nutritional education to the families. This study was undertaken tosurvey the influence ofnutrition and nutritional health education on the awareness of female elementary school teachers.Materials and Methods: Fifty‑seven female elementary school teachers were chosen from theFerdows City for this quasi‑experimental study. Prior to the outset of the educational workshop,they were asked to fill out a questionnaire about nutrition and nutritional health, which was followedby the two‑day workshop. After two months, they were given a second questionnaire. The resultswere analyzed by paired t‑test, ANOVA, and McNemar. In all the tests, a significance level a = 0.05was considered. Results: Findings of the study showed that the mean score of awareness beforeinterference was 10.98%, which reached up to 18.2% after the interference (P< 0.001). With regardto theimportance of breakfast intake, the teachers’ awareness increased from 57.9 to 98.2% frombefore to after intervention, respectively. Conclusion: Applying interventional methods of educationin teacher training centers in conjunction with medical and educational centers, with regard tonutrition and nutritional health, can elevate the health of students.