تأثیر شغل بر رویکردهای رفتار تغذیه ای زنان در ارتباط با بیماری های قلبی عروقی(مقاله پژوهشی وزارت بهداشت)
Aim and Background: Socio-economic status, especially job has an important role on women health. This study was down to occupation effect on behavioral approach of female in relation to cardiovascular disease.
Methods and Materials: This study was conducted on the data of Interventional area of Isfahan Healthy Heart Program (IHHP): Isfahan and Najaf-Abad counties. Sampling was down by stratified random sampling method .nutrition knowledge was determined by questionnaire and a 48 item food frequency questioner was used to assess nutrition behavior. Statistical analysis was done by chi-square tests, ANOVA and ANCOVA.
Findings: Positive trend of nutritional attitude was significantly higher in unemployed in compare to employed women (p=0.007).Employed vs. unemployed women had a significant improvement in fruit consumption (P=0.01).It was adversely about vegetables consumption (p=0.001).Global dietary index (GDI) had a significant improvement in unemployed women in compare to employed women (p=0.01).
Conclusions: Regarding to the effective role of women on nutritional status of family and considering employed women problems, such as their limited time for prepareing food and availability of health foods and healthy nutrition training in work places can play effective role on family health.