The effect of telenutrition education on adolescent knowledge, attitudes and practices in rural Indonesia
Teguh Jati Prasetyo, Izzati Nur Khoiriani, Pramesthi Widya Hapsari

Department of Nutrition, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

Abstract

Improving and increasing nutrition is important in every process of the life cycle, namely from the womb, toddlers, children, teenagers, adults, to old age. Schools are an effective way of increasing and improving adolescent nutrition. This research aims to determine the effect of tele-nutrition education on changes in nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practices in adolescents. This research used quantitative methods with a quasi-experimental type of research with a one group pretest posttest design. Nutrition education was provided 8 times a month via WhatsApp and Zoom. The total research sample was 49 adolescent in Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon test. There was an increase in knowledge, attitudes and practices in adolescents after tele-nutrition education was carried out with an average delta of 3.14- 2.26- and 2.64 points respectively. The results of the analysis show that there was significant effect of tele-nutrition education on adolescent knowledge (p = 0.04). There was no effect of tele-nutrition education on attitudes (p=0.107) and practices (p=0.226) of adolescents. There was significant effect of telenutrition education on adolescent^s knowledge but there was no effect of telenutrition education on adolescent^s attitudes and practices after the intervention was carried out.

Keywords: Nutrition Education, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice

Topic: Nutrition and functional food