Participatory Video Intervention Increased Critical Nutrition Literacy of Ghanaian Adolescent Girls: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Objectives

This study assessed the influence of a participatory video nutrition education intervention on Ghanaian adolescent girls’ critical nutrition literacy (CNL), food knowledge, and dietary behaviours.

Methods

A 2018–19 cluster randomized control trial (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03704649) selected 20 schools (10 intervention, 10 control) in one Ghanaian rural district and enrolled 351 girls, 13–16 years of age. All schools received a nutrition curriculum for their girls’ clubs. The intervention schools also received two participatory video workshops where adolescents identified the most pressing challenges they faced to getting (i) a balanced diet and (ii) iron-rich foods. The adolescents devised solutions to each challenge and then planned, acted, filmed, and

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9193934 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature