Discussion
type-2 diabetes, ’ behavior, diabetes
COMPLICATIONS, DIABETES
The main purpose of this research study was to determine the effect of peer education on knowledge, attitude, and preventive measures against type-2 diabetes among female adolescents. The results show that the peer educational intervention had positive effects on adolescents’ knowledge. Banerjeea et al. also witnessed significant differences regarding the knowledge of the definition, symptoms, and complications of type-2 diabetes after intervention among adolescents in the treatment group [Komolafe et al. believe that education is an effective tool to build knowledge and to effect behavioral changes to adolescents’ understanding of their state of health [Intervention led to a radical change of attitude toward type-2 diabetes in this study. Although the control group received no education, two months after the intervention there seemed to be perceptible differences, but this change was not statistically significant. One plausible explanation suggests that the control group has been influenced by the pre-test and they have gained some information about type-2 diabetes from other sources.Peyman et al. conducted a 4-session educational intervention regarding diabetes that resulted in changing students’ attitude toward preventive measures adopted against type-2 diabetes [Based on the results of this study, the average score of students saw an increase after peer education was implemented, indicating the positive effect of educational intervention. This increase, though to a lesser degree, was also witnessed in the control group. The findings regard intervention in the form of peer education as an efficient method to change adolescents’ behavior and encourage healthy habits and behavior. The present results are consistent with what Braver concluded in the Netherlands: education led to an increase in the consumption of healthy food such as fruit and fiber from bread, and to a reduction in consuming fat [