College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-04 20:11:12
Major
Nursing
Honors Course
Senior Honors Project
Number of Credits
5
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2021
Abstract
The availability of health and nutrition knowledge is disproportionately lower in minority populations compared to their majority counterparts despite minority populations at higher risk for health problems related to poor dietary habits from cultural and social influences. The purpose of this project was to determine if a weekly, culturally competent, group-delivered, nutrition education intervention affected nutrition knowledge in minority adults. The project was a smaller arm of the FABU study, which provided the education intervention. This study was guided by Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory and used a quantitative non-experimental design with a convenience sample of adults living in lower-income, minority adult housing. Data were collected at the beginning and end of the FABU project’s 8-week nutrition intervention, and nutrition knowledge was measured with the Nutrition Knowledge questionnaire. T-tests were used to determine differences in pre and post-nutrition knowledge (N=19). The key finding was that there was no significant change in nutrition knowledge (p=0.53) after participation in an 8-week, weekly, culturally competent nutrition education intervention. However, data collection, sample size, and nutrition education intervention were disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, a larger sample, longer time for implementing the intervention, and increased data collection points may provide different results.
Research Sponsor
Christin Graor PhD APRN BC
First Reader
Diane Christensen DNP RN CCRN
Second Reader
Karen Fitzgerald MSN APRN BC
Honors Faculty Advisor
Christine Graor PhD APRN BC
Recommended Citation
Lindsay, Samantha and Dillon, Isabella, "The Effect of Nutrition Education on Nutrition Knowledge in Low-Income Minority Adults" (2021). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1363.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1363
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