The Effectiveness of Nutritional Edification Programs for Mothers and Supervisors of Autistic Children | ||
| Bulletin of the National Nutrition Institute of the Arab Republic of Egypt | ||
| Article 4, Volume 52, Issue 1, December 2018, Pages 1-19 PDF (377.45 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/bnni.2018.31436 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed Moustafa El-Sayed1; Mustafa Abdul Menem Amr2; Tarek M. Afifi3; Asmaa, A. Karee3 | ||
| 1Prof. of Nutrition and Food Science, X-dean Faculty of Home Economics, MinufiyaUniversity. | ||
| 2Professor of Psychiatry, Mansoura University, Consultant of Psychiatry. | ||
| 3Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences 'Faculty of Home Economics, Minufiya University, Shibin El-Kom, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT The lack of health and food awareness of mothers is the uniting factors affecting the nutritional status of autism children.Therefore,the research sample was divided into two groups; which included the first set before implementing the program of (75) mothers, a while the numbers of supervisors (68) were chosen from three centers in the cities of Cairo and Mansoura.The second group composed of a total number of (29) mothers and (29) supervisors. The first model: a questionnaire for the mother,the second model: aquestionnaire for the supervisors,the third model: A special questionnaire to develop the skill of the manual study sample in the basics of nutrition and meal planning.The results showed after correcting their answers that the degree ranged between 12 to 21 degree, an average of 17.17±2.28, which means the standard level, was average, which confirmed that more advanced workshops are needed to raise the level of theknowledge. Afterwards applying the workshop scheduled for extension program for the improvement of knowledge in planning meals that were measured through the knowledge test. The test to measure the level of knowledge is evident from these results after correcting their answers and their grades ranged between 13 to 25 degrees, an average of 18.04±3.39 degree, which means, the standard level was average.The study concluded the importance of further education programs and the dissemination of food program at all extension centers in the Arab Republic of Egypt. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| autism; extension programs; awareness of food; food habits | ||
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