The Effects of Nutrition Promotion Program on Food and Iron Supplement Consumption Behaviors and Hematocrit among Teenage Pregnant Women with Anemia
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This quasi-experimental study aimed to test the effects of nutrition promotion program on food and iron supplement consumption behaviors and hematocrit among teenage pregnant women with anemia. The sample consisted of 50 teenage pregnant women with anemia who were receiving antenatal care at a community hospital in Southern Thailand. They were purposively selected and assigned into an experimental group (n=25) or control group (n=25). The experimental group received the nutrition promotion program in addition to regular antenatal care service. The control group received regular antenatal care service. The research instruments consisted of 1) the demographic data form, 2) the pregnancy data form, and 3) the Food and Iron Supplement Consumption Behaviors Form. The reliability of the questionnaire using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was .90. The data were analyzed descriptively using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The hypotheses were tested using inferential statistics: independent t-tests and paired t-tests. The results revealed that the teenage pregnant women who received the additional nutrition promotion program had significantly higher mean score of food and iron supplement consumption behaviors and hematocrit after intervention than before the intervention, and higher than those of the control group (p<.001). The study findings indicate that the nutrition promotion program can improve food and iron supplement consumption behaviors and hematocrit among teenage pregnant women with anemia.
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บทความและรายงานวิจัยในวารสารพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข เป็นความคิดเห็นของ ผู้เขียน มิใช่ของคณะผู้จัดทำ และมิใช่ความรับผิดชอบของสมาคมศิษย์เก่าพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ซึ่งสามารถนำไปอ้างอิงได้
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