Behavioral Based Nutrition Education Intervention to Increase Fish Consumption among School Children Using Raised Bed Pool Media: Protocol for a Randomized Control Trial

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study is to analyze the effectiveness of behavioral based nutrition education to increase fish consumption among school children using raised bed pool media.
Method: This is a randomized control trial involving 104 elementary school children to increase their fish consumption. Children in the intervention group will be given six-sessions nutrition education intervention for 3 months with additional raised bed pool media for education. General Linear Modeling Repeated Measure will be used to assess difference in the increase of fish consumption.
Discussion: Raised bed pool will serve as visual reminder to the children that magnify the effect of nutrition education. The strength of the study is that evidence on the effectiveness of nutrition education intervention using raised bed pool was scare relatively to the abundance body of knowledge related to raised bed garden. Raised bed pool is unique as it provide potential protein source from the fish in the RBP that are lacking from the raised bed garden. The intervention offers the advantage of potentially active ingredients to support behavioral change, such as improved knowledge, attitude, perceived behavioral control and intention.