Nutritional knowledge of the preschool staff from Nowy Sącz and the vicinity. Part 1. General principles of nutrition during childhood
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2010, Vol 13, Issue 2
Abstract
Aim. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge about general principles of nutrition during childhood in preschool staff from Nowy Sącz and the vicinity.Material and methods. Questionnaires were filled in by 84 women who worked in eight preschools in Nowy Sącz and the vicinity. The questions concerned general principles of nutrition during childhood and general information about the studied staff. Statistical analysis was carried out by means of the SPSS 12.0 PL for Windows computer programme. The studied population was divided according to educational status.Results. Educational status had a statistically significant influence on the position, the period of being employed in a preschool, age, marital status and number of children and on the answers to six questions concerning general principles of nutrition during childhood.Conclusions. The level of knowledge about general principles of nutrition during childhood was varied among the studied preschool staff depending on their educational status, with the highest level of knowledge in the staff with higher education. It is particularly unfavourable that the staff with vocational education, most of whom prepared meals for children, were characterised by the lowest level of knowledge. The observed gaps in the studied staff’s knowledge about general principles of nutrition during childhood indicate the need to include this issue in the educational programmes for both preschool teachers and kitchen staff.
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Sylwia Merkiel, Wojciech Chalcarz
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