Nutrition literacy of technical and higher education students in the countryside of Ceará

Authors

  • Abraão Bruno Lima de Moura Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brasil. Endereço: Rua Estevão Remígio de Freitas, 1145 - Monsenhor Otávio, Limoeiro do Norte - CE. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5088-6290
  • Bruna Yhang da Costa Silva Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brasil. Endereço: Rua Estevão Remígio de Freitas, 1145 - Monsenhor Otávio, Limoeiro do Norte - CE. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7332-0019
  • Davi Moura Lucena Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brasil. Endereço: Rua Estevão Remígio de Freitas, 1145 - Monsenhor Otávio, Limoeiro do Norte - CE. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6182-4749
  • Vitor Lima Mesquita Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. Rua Alexandre Baraúna, 949 - Rodolfo Teófilo, Fortaleza – CE https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5088-6290

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2020.48259

Keywords:

Health literacy. Students. Health Sciences Students.

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to assess the level of nutrition literacy (NL) in technical and higher education students and to compare the level of NL of students in the field of health with that of students in other fields. Methods: A quantitative descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study was carried out from November 2018 to March 2019. The Newest Vital Sign (NVS) translated into Brazilian Portuguese was used to assess the level of literacy. Participants were 289 students, of whom 38.75% were men and 61.25% were women. The participants’ mean age was 22.62 years (SD= 4.55). Results: With regard to the level of literacy, 48.44% of the students presented adequate NL; 25.26% exhibited possibility of limited NL; and 26.30% presented a high probability of limited NL. Adequate levels of NL were found in 70.83% of the students in the field of health and in 41.01% of the students in the other fields. Conclusion: The students had adequate nutrition literacy. Students in the field of health achieved better results when compared with those from other fields.

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Author Biographies

Abraão Bruno Lima de Moura, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brasil. Endereço: Rua Estevão Remígio de Freitas, 1145 - Monsenhor Otávio, Limoeiro do Norte - CE.

Graduado em Nutrição; Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brasil. Endereço: Rua Estevão Remígio de Freitas, 1145 - Monsenhor Otávio, Limoeiro do Norte - CE.

Reside em Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brasil.

Bruna Yhang da Costa Silva, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brasil. Endereço: Rua Estevão Remígio de Freitas, 1145 - Monsenhor Otávio, Limoeiro do Norte - CE.

Doutora em Saúde Coletiva; Docente do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brasil. Endereço: Rua Estevão Remígio de Freitas, 1145 - Monsenhor Otávio, Limoeiro do Norte – CE.

Reside em Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.

Davi Moura Lucena, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brasil. Endereço: Rua Estevão Remígio de Freitas, 1145 - Monsenhor Otávio, Limoeiro do Norte - CE.

Graduado em Nutrição; Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brasil. Endereço: Rua Estevão Remígio de Freitas, 1145 - Monsenhor Otávio, Limoeiro do Norte - CE.

Reside em Russas, Ceará, Brasil.

Vitor Lima Mesquita, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. Rua Alexandre Baraúna, 949 - Rodolfo Teófilo, Fortaleza – CE

Graduando em Farmácia; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. Rua Alexandre Baraúna, 949 - Rodolfo Teófilo, Fortaleza – CE.

 

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Published

2020-10-01

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Lima de Moura AB, da Costa Silva BY, Lucena DM, Lima Mesquita V. Nutrition literacy of technical and higher education students in the countryside of Ceará. DEMETRA [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 27];15:e48259. Available from: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/demetra/article/view/48259

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Vol. 15 (2020)

Section

Food and Nutrition in Collective Health

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