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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Adolescent Girls Towards Reducing Malnutrition in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria: Cross-Sectional Study
- Source :
- Nutrients, Vol 12, Iss 1681, p 1681 (2020), Nutrients, Volume 12, Issue 6
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2020.
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Abstract
- Addressing the gap in knowledge, attitude, and practice among adolescent girls are important as malnutrition has a negative effect on their future generation. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of adolescent girls towards reducing malnutrition in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria. This was a school-based cross-sectional study conducted among 612 adolescent girls (10 to 19 years old). KoBo collect toolbox was used for the data collection between 3 June and 31 July 2019. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify predictors of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards reducing malnutrition. The majority of respondents (451, 80.2%<br />322, 57.3%) had poor knowledge and attitude towards reducing malnutrition respectively, 278 (49.5%) had poor practice towards reducing malnutrition. Schooling (GGSS<br />p = 0.022<br />Shehu Garbai<br />p = 0.003) was a significant predictor of knowledge. Religion (p = 0.023), information (p &lt<br />0.001) and motivation (p &lt<br />0.001) were significant predictors of attitude. School (GGSS<br />p &lt<br />0.001<br />GGC<br />Shehu garbai<br />Bulabulin<br />p = 0.030<br />Zajeri day<br />p = 0.049), education of father (p = 0.001), information (p = 0.026) and behavioral skill (p = 0.019) were significant predictors of practice. There is a need to focus on both school-based and community-based health education intervention to address the poor knowledge, attitude, and practice among adolescent girls for a healthier future.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
knowledge
Cross-sectional study
Psychology, Adolescent
Nigeria
lcsh:TX341-641
behavioral skills
malnutrition
Logistic regression
Article
information
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Health Education
Motivation
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Schools
medicine.disease
Metropolitan area
practice
Religion
Malnutrition
Cross-Sectional Studies
Logistic Models
adolescent
attitude
Educational Status
Health education
Female
Psychology
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Food Science
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20726643
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 1681
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ba25b1bf2608368c0b5204e98f3cc5fc