Perception pictograph design of African indigenous fruits among adult population in mgbouba community, rivers state, Nigeria: a pilot study.

Background: Fruits constitute an important component of balanced diet and provide a variety of important micronutrients that help to remedy metabolic and chronic inflammatory diseases. Pictographs design is an important tool in health promotion of indigenous fruit consumption for the management of health conditions. This study aimed to investigate the level of perception of use of pictographs design in promoting the health value of indigenous fruits among adult population in Mgbouba community, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria. Methods: This was a pilot study of pictographs design of sixindigenous African fruits; avocado pear, orange, water melon, pineaple, banana and mango among 30 samples aged 18 years and above randomly selected using purposive sampling technique from Mgbouba community. Data were collected using self administered questionnaire to assess the perception of the pictographs design. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS version 27.0 with 95% confidence level, and significant at P > 0.05. Results: Fifty percent (15) of the respondents were males. Age range between 41 – 50 years made up 26.67% (8) of the respondents. Findings showed that 100% (30) of the respondents stated that the pictographs design fulfill its educational purpose of highlighting medicinal value, giving a high perception score of 100 (good level of perception).Meanwhile, 70% of the respondents has poor perception of the textual scientific information of the graphic design with a perception score of 40. Conclusion: Majority of the respondents has high level of perception for the African indigenous fruits pictographs. This implies its usefulness as a health education and promotion tool to promote consumption of fruits.