The knowledge,attitude and practice on nutrition in students of one health school in Shanxi

Objective To know the nutritional "knowledge,attitude and practice(KAP)" of students of a Shanxi health school and to provide a basic nutrition guidance.Methods A total of 490 nursing students of three grades from Jinzhong health school were enrolled in this study by stratified and cluster sampling methods.KAP questionnaire was designed and finished in 490 subjects.Results Most students lacked nutritional knowledge with an average score of 11.0±3.6.There was significantly different in the scores of nutritional knowledge between urban and rural students and among different grades(P0.05).The nutrition knowledge score was higher in urban students than that in rural students(P0.05).Higher grades was,higher score was.The attitude of students towards nutrition was better,and 93.6% of medical school students thought to be necessary to learn knowledge of nutrition.The eating behavior of students was poor,only 35.4% had regular diet.Frequency of consumption of soy products for 1-2 times per day was significantly different among different grades(P0.05).Conclusion Health school students master poor general knowledge about nutrition,but have a positive attitude.Students should strengthen the knowledge about nutrition and the health education.