Impact of Educational Intervention Measures on Knowledge regarding vitamin A and D fortified Soyabean oil among inhabitants of urban area of a city of central India
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: Micronutrient deficiency is a significant public health problem in the developing world. Fortification of foods with micronutrients is a technologically, programmatically and economically-effective method of increasing micronutrient intake in populations. Objective: To assess the knowledge of fortification and awareness of fortified soybean oil with vitamin A and D, to increase the awareness about fortified oil in these families Methodology: An educational interventional study was conducted among 400 subjects randomly distributed in urban area of Indore City. Houses were selected using systematic random sampling. People who gave informed consent were included in the study. Semi structured Questionnaire was used as study tool. Data analysis was done using appropriate statistical tool (MS excel and SPSS version 20). Mcnemar test was applied. Results: The most commonly used cooking oil was Soyabean oil because of being relatively cheaper than other oils. 74% People preferred quality as basis of purchase of cooking oil after intervention. In pre intervention, only 12% people knew about fortification which increases to 72% after intervention. There was an increase in the knowledge about fortified soybean oil from 10% to 62%. Knowledge about other fortified products like salt, flour, Dalda was less (40%) in the community which further increased (83%) after intervention. Conclusion: Knowledge regarding vitamin A, D, fortification and advantages of fortified foods was less among participants which increase with intervention. Quality and cost were main factor in selection of edible oil.
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Suraj Sirohi, Khatri AK, Sanjay Dixit, Dhruvendra Pandey, Satish Saroshe
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