Global Health Literacy Summit 2021
03 - 05 October 2021
Virtual

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Abstract

Title
Use health literacy activities to enhance the effectiveness of Hypertension diet health education
Type
Poster Presentation Only
Theme
Global Health Literacy Summit 2021
Topic
Nutrition health literacy

Authors

Main Author
LAI PO HUNG1
Presenting Author
LAI PO HUNG1
Co-Author

Authors' Institution

Department / Institution / Country
Department of Dietetics / St.MARTIN DE PORRES HOSPITAL / Taiwan (台灣)1
Content
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Background and objective:

Non-communicable diseases( NCDs) are rapidly increasing globally and have become a major public health problem. They are common causes of disability in the elderly. The theme of this activity is Hypertension diet. By Health education class and culinary competition, participants recognize the importance of medical nutrition therapy, and achieve the purpose of hypertension prevention.

 

Methods:

This study recruited community people and medical staff who participated in teams. After Health education of DASH diet, the participants were divided into three groups to participate in a culinary competition, and to fill in a questionnaire on the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of hypertension prevention. The Wilcoxon sign rank test was used for statistical analysis to explore the difference before and after the intervention of this activity, and the p value <0.05 represented statistical significance.

 

Results:

The results have shown that the cognition of hypertension prevention of the post test was better than the previous test and reached a statistically significant difference (p < 0.001).

 

Conclusions:

In the past, the health education mainly focused on classroom teaching. This research uses a model of health literacy and  culinary competitions to combine knowledge and practice to deepen the learning effect, so that participants can apply what they have learned to their lifestyles and achieve the purpose of hypertension prevention.
Keywords: hypertension , DASH diet , culinary competition
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