Effect of Nutrition Education Based on Health Belief Model on Nutritional Knowledge and Dietary Practice of Pregnant Women in Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial

Background. In Ethiopia, poor dietary practice among pregnant women ranges from 39.3 to 66.1%. Limited nutritional knowledge and wrong perception towards dietary behaviours were underlying factors. Hence, this study was aimed to determine the effect of nutrition education based on Health Belief Mode...

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Published in:Journal of nutrition and metabolism 2018-01, Vol.2018 (2018), p.1-10
Main Authors: Arega Sadore, Abinet, Dola, Amanuel Nana, Kelkay, Gezahegn Nigusse, Diddana, Tona Zema
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Anemia
Babies
Behavior
Birth weight
Cognitive development
Data collection
Data processing
Education
Food
Food and nutrition
Health care
Health care industry
Health education
Health promotion
Knowledge
Medical personnel
Mortality
Nutrition education
Population
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Statistical analysis
Training
Womens health
Workers
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Summary:Background. In Ethiopia, poor dietary practice among pregnant women ranges from 39.3 to 66.1%. Limited nutritional knowledge and wrong perception towards dietary behaviours were underlying factors. Hence, this study was aimed to determine the effect of nutrition education based on Health Belief Model on nutritional knowledge and dietary practice of pregnant women in Dissie town, northeast Ethiopia, 2017 GC. Methods. Community-based cluster randomized control trial was employed. A total of 138 pregnant women participated. Nutrition education was given using Health Belief Model (HBM) theory and general nutrition education for intervention and control group, respectively. The baseline and endline nutrition knowledge and dietary practice was assessed using knowledge and dietary practice questions. HBM construct was assessed using five-point likert scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Student’s t-tests and chi-square tests were used. At 95% confidence level, P
ISSN:2090-0724
2090-0732
DOI:10.1155/2018/6731815