Effect of guided counseling on dietary practices of pregnant women in West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Ethiopia, although nutrition education has been given during pregnancy, most women have inadequate nutrient intakes. As a result, the prevalence of malnutrition is high during pregnancy. In this study, we set out to evaluate the effect of guided counseling based on the health belief model and the theory of planned behavior on the dietary practices of pregnant women.

Methods

A two-arm parallel cluster randomized controlled community trial was carried out among pregnant women in West, Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia from May 1, 2018, to April 30, 2019. A total of 346 and 348 pregnant women were recruited from the intervention and control clusters, respectively. Of which endline data were collected from 313 and 332 pregnant women in the intervention and control groups, resp

SUBMITTER: Demilew YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7250435 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature