Effect of intensive nutrition education and counseling on hemoglobin level of pregnant women in East Shoa zone, Ethiopia: randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of intensive nutrition education and counseling on hemoglobin level during pregnancy.

Methods and materials

The study was a one year two-arm parallel design cluster randomized controlled trial in East Shoa zone, Ethiopia. End-line data were collected from 163 intervention and 163 control group pregnant women. The intervention was a three consecutive trimester based counseling sessions using health belief model, weekly regular SMS sent on mobile phone containing core message and providing leaflet with food menu of Iron rich diet. The women in the control group received routine nutrition education from facilities. After adjusting for potential confounders, a linear mixed-effects model was used to assess the intervention

SUBMITTER: Wakwoya EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10507850 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature