Nutrition education in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia: A cluster randomized controlled study.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the impact of a nutrition education intervention on child feeding practices and children's nutritional status. Using a randomized controlled trial, we conducted an intervention for 6 months among caregivers with children aged 6-17 months in two subdistricts of Kendari, SE Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. In all, 22 integrated health posts were randomly assigned to an educational intervention or control group with 266 participants in both groups. Participants in the intervention group attended four nutrition classes and received a monthly home visit by cadres (community volunteers), whereas participants in the control group only received standard monthly health care at the health post. The primary study outcome was children's dietary diversity scores (DDSs). Mixed model an

SUBMITTER: Effendy DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507461 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature