Evaluation of the effectiveness of a "Health and nutrition education" programme on the cardiovascular risk factor status of primary school children in Crete
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: THE RISK FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND CANCER VERY OFTEN HAVE THEIR ROOTS SET AS EARLY AS IN CHILDHOOD. THUS, APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS MAY ASSIST CHILDREN TO DEVELOP HABITS THATWILL PROMOTE HEALTH AND PREVENT CHRONIC DISEASE IN ADULTHOOD. AIMS: THE PRIMARY AIM OF THE PRESENT STUDY WAS TO IMPLEMENT AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMME IN ORDER TO IMPROVE CERTAIN BEHAVIOURS THAT WILL ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO MAKE CHOICES THAT PROMOTE THEIR HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE. THE SECONDARY AIM WAS THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAMME'S IMPACT ON IMPROVING CHILDREN'S KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOURS RELATED TO HEALTH AS WELL AS HEALTH INDICIES. METHOD: THE INTERVENTION CONSISTED OF 4171 PUPILS FROM THE COUNTIES OF IRAKLIO AND RETHIMNO WHO WERE REGISTERED IN THE 1ST GRADE IN SEPTEMBER 1992, ALONG WITH THEIR PARENTS, WHILE THE CONTROL GROUP CONSISTED OF 1510 PUPILS FROM THE COUNTY OF HANIA. THE POPULATION OF THE INTERVENTION GROUP ...
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