DEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINANTS OF NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE IN SOUTH-WEST OF IRAN: THE NUTRI-KAP SURVEY

Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between nutritional knowledge, attitude, and practice and demographic variables among households living in urban and rural areas of south-Western of Iran in 2016. Methods: The study population consisted of 842 households living in urban and rural areas of Abadan, Khorramshahr, and Shadegan, in South-West of Iran. In a multi-stage cluster sampling method data was collected by a standardized questionnaire (NUTRI-KAP) evaluating nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice of the households. An analysis of variance and independent t tests were conducted to analyze the data Results: . The results found that households with male householders had higher nutritional practice score than those who had female householdrs (p< 0.05). Households with householders aged 51 to 60 years had significantly higher nutritional knowledge score than households with householders age of <51 years old (p<0.05). Also, nutritional attitude was significantly higher in households with householders over the age of 60 than <40 and 51 to 60 years of age ones (p<0.01). Households with householders over the age of 60 had significantly higher nutritional practice score than households with householders under the age of 60 (p<0.01). Moreover, nutritional knowledge but not attitude and practice of the households enhanced significantly with increasing the education level of the householders (p<0.001). In addition, the households with householders who have an employee job have higher nutritional knowledge than other occupational levels (p<0.001). Conclusion: These results can be effective in prioritizing the implementation of nutritional interventions, including nutrition education for households.

کلیدواژه ها:

Demographic determinant ، nutritional knowledge ، households ، South-West of Iran