Abstract

Correct nutrition have important role in military personnel wellbeing, and can be increasing of physical and mental functions. Educational programs are one of the most important methods for correct nutrition and nutritional behaviors. Correct education can be effect on nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice. The aim of this study was determine of effects education on nutritional behaviors in Iranian military personnel. This study is a Semi-experimental one through before and after done on 422 military centers personnel with an age range of 19-55 years in Tehran province. After the validity and reliability of research - made questionnaire was determined the level of knowledge, attitude and practice (pre test), then, an educational program (software) designed and distributed among the personnel. Then, four weeks following the first stage, post test was done. The collected data before and after intervention has been analyzed using the SPSS package and Paired t-test. The score mean of knowledge, attitudes, and practice towards correct nutritional model has been raised significantly following the intervention (p<0.05). That is, the score mean and SD of the subjects' KAP was changed from 62.99 (17.09), 44.54 (6.32), and 38.36 (11.48) to 73.47 (18.53), 58.04 (14.35), and 55.57 (25.65) respectively. These differences as mentioned, was statistically significant (p<0.001). The educational intervention has an accepted effect on correct nutritional model in military centers personnel. According to the study results, it is recommended that such educational intervention may be applied to other military centers. © EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2009.