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Effectiveness Comparison of Mothers’ In-person Versus Written Nutritional Education Intervention on Infant Growth in Iran

BACKGROUND: In 1990, the Iranian Ministry of Health implemented a health plan to increase mothers’ knowledge of infant feeding using health workers and health volunteers. This study evaluates the effects of nutrition education on mothers’ knowledge and whether increase in mothers’ knowledge was asso...

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Autores principales: Ali, Nemati, Zahra, Tazakori, Vosogh, Maryam Namadi, Vosoghi, Nazila, Zare, Maryam, Mardi, Afroz, Davoud, Adham, Yousef, Hamidzadeh Arbabi, Rafat, Kazemzadeh
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Publicado: Global Health and Education Projects, Inc 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4948174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27621988
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author Ali, Nemati
Zahra, Tazakori
Vosogh, Maryam Namadi
Vosoghi, Nazila
Zare, Maryam
Mardi, Afroz
Davoud, Adham
Yousef, Hamidzadeh Arbabi
Rafat, Kazemzadeh
author_facet Ali, Nemati
Zahra, Tazakori
Vosogh, Maryam Namadi
Vosoghi, Nazila
Zare, Maryam
Mardi, Afroz
Davoud, Adham
Yousef, Hamidzadeh Arbabi
Rafat, Kazemzadeh
author_sort Ali, Nemati
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description BACKGROUND: In 1990, the Iranian Ministry of Health implemented a health plan to increase mothers’ knowledge of infant feeding using health workers and health volunteers. This study evaluates the effects of nutrition education on mothers’ knowledge and whether increase in mothers’ knowledge was associated with increase in growth of their children in Ardabil, Iran. METHODS: A quasi-experimental study of the impact of written nutritional education and in-person nutritional education given to the participants (mothers) from urban health centers by health workers and health volunteers. Sixteen urban health centers located in Ardabil, Iran, were selected randomly for nutritional education. A group of 303 mothers with infants younger than 6 months of age from 16 health centers participated in this study. Height-for-age Z scores and weight-for age Z scores were calculated based on the National Center for Health Statistics reference values. RESULTS: There were signifi cant differences between maternal nutritional knowledge before and after the intervention in all groups. However, the in-person method of instruction given by health workers was more effective in increasing mothers’ knowledge than those in non-health worker volunteers intervention group. There were also significant differences between the growth rates of infants’ heights and weights before and after the intervention. CONCLUSIONS AND GLOBAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS: In line with the aims of the government’s plan, the education given by health volunteers from non-governmental organizations was effective. However, it was less effective than the one given by professional health workers.
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spelling pubmed-49481742016-09-12 Effectiveness Comparison of Mothers’ In-person Versus Written Nutritional Education Intervention on Infant Growth in Iran Ali, Nemati Zahra, Tazakori Vosogh, Maryam Namadi Vosoghi, Nazila Zare, Maryam Mardi, Afroz Davoud, Adham Yousef, Hamidzadeh Arbabi Rafat, Kazemzadeh Int J MCH AIDS Original Article BACKGROUND: In 1990, the Iranian Ministry of Health implemented a health plan to increase mothers’ knowledge of infant feeding using health workers and health volunteers. This study evaluates the effects of nutrition education on mothers’ knowledge and whether increase in mothers’ knowledge was associated with increase in growth of their children in Ardabil, Iran. METHODS: A quasi-experimental study of the impact of written nutritional education and in-person nutritional education given to the participants (mothers) from urban health centers by health workers and health volunteers. Sixteen urban health centers located in Ardabil, Iran, were selected randomly for nutritional education. A group of 303 mothers with infants younger than 6 months of age from 16 health centers participated in this study. Height-for-age Z scores and weight-for age Z scores were calculated based on the National Center for Health Statistics reference values. RESULTS: There were signifi cant differences between maternal nutritional knowledge before and after the intervention in all groups. However, the in-person method of instruction given by health workers was more effective in increasing mothers’ knowledge than those in non-health worker volunteers intervention group. There were also significant differences between the growth rates of infants’ heights and weights before and after the intervention. CONCLUSIONS AND GLOBAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS: In line with the aims of the government’s plan, the education given by health volunteers from non-governmental organizations was effective. However, it was less effective than the one given by professional health workers. Global Health and Education Projects, Inc 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4948174/ /pubmed/27621988 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Ali et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ali, Nemati
Zahra, Tazakori
Vosogh, Maryam Namadi
Vosoghi, Nazila
Zare, Maryam
Mardi, Afroz
Davoud, Adham
Yousef, Hamidzadeh Arbabi
Rafat, Kazemzadeh
Effectiveness Comparison of Mothers’ In-person Versus Written Nutritional Education Intervention on Infant Growth in Iran
title Effectiveness Comparison of Mothers’ In-person Versus Written Nutritional Education Intervention on Infant Growth in Iran
title_full Effectiveness Comparison of Mothers’ In-person Versus Written Nutritional Education Intervention on Infant Growth in Iran
title_fullStr Effectiveness Comparison of Mothers’ In-person Versus Written Nutritional Education Intervention on Infant Growth in Iran
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness Comparison of Mothers’ In-person Versus Written Nutritional Education Intervention on Infant Growth in Iran
title_short Effectiveness Comparison of Mothers’ In-person Versus Written Nutritional Education Intervention on Infant Growth in Iran
title_sort effectiveness comparison of mothers’ in-person versus written nutritional education intervention on infant growth in iran
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4948174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27621988
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