Evaluation Nutrition Education Intervention on Pulse and Cereal Mix for Complementary Food in Southern Ethiopia
- Conditions
- Dietary HabitsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticesWasting
- Interventions
- Other: enhanced education on pulse use in complementary foods
- Registration Number
- NCT02638571
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
- Brief Summary
The overall purpose of the study is to evaluate nutrition education interventions to promote pulse incorporated complementary food to the wider rural community through the government system to improve maternal knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) and nutritional status of young children (6 to 24 months). The hypothesis is that nutrition education improves mothers knowledge, attitude and practice of pulse incorporated complementary food and improves dietary intake of iron and zinc and nutritional status of young children.
- Detailed Description
Only 9% of the population in Southern Ethiopia consumes pulse and pulse total contribution of the diet is less than 4.9% for women and less than 3.3% for children.Young children are at risk of developing malnutrition because of dietary inadequacy. Educational interventions can improve feeding practices and growth of young children. The overall purpose of the study is to evaluate nutrition education interventions to promote pulse incorporated complementary food to the wider rural community through the government system to improve maternal knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) and nutritional status of young children (6 to 24 months). The hypothesis is that nutrition education improves mothers knowledge, attitude and practice of pulse incorporated complementary food and improves dietary intake of iron and zinc and nutritional status of young children. Before, at midline and end of the intervention we will assess the KAP of mothers, dietary intake of iron and zinc and nutritional status of young children. The nutrition education intervention will be given for 9 months. Serum ferritin, serum zinc, C-Reactive protein and hemoglobin and dietary intake of iron and zinc of young children will be measured at the beginning and ending of the intervention.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 772
- Age 6-15 months
- Apparently healthy
- Being breastfed at time of recruitment
- The mothers are permanent residents of the kebele
- Infant undergoing treatment with supplemental foods for malnutrition
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Enhanced Education enhanced education on pulse use in complementary foods Additional education sessions from Health extension workers (HEWs) trained on use of pulses for complementary foods (CF). HEWs provide nutrition education programs and counseling about pulse-cereal mix complementary foods, over 9 months. Usual education enhanced education on pulse use in complementary foods Households in the control clusters (kebeles) will receive usual nutrition education from Health extension workers, about complementary foods, over 9 months.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Maternal knowledge, attitudes and practices towards pulse-cereal mix complementary food 9 months Using validated questions on knowledge, attitude and practices
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Weight for height Z-score of children 9 months Change in z-score of measured weight and measured height (length) ratio at 9 months
Iron status 9 months iron status as determined by serum ferritin corrected for inflammation using markers, whole hemoglobin to define anemia status using WHO standards.
Zinc status of children 9 months Measurement of serum zinc against WHO standards