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The Effect of Guided Counseling in Improving Dietary Practice, Nutritional Status and Birth Weight of Pregnant Women in West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Community Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating guided counseling for Counseling. Completed, enrolled 712 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Poor dietary intake affects maternal wellbeing, fetal growth, and development. However, many pregnant women in Ethiopia have poor dietary intake. To improve the dietary intake of pregnant women, nutrition education is often given at the community level during a home visit and at the health institution during antenatal care. Yet, there is no evidence on the effect of nutrition education on dietary intake, nutritional status, and birth weight in the study area. Hence, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of guided counseling in improving dietary practice, nutritional status and birth weight of pregnant women. A two-arm parallel cluster randomized community trial was conducted among pregnant women in West Gojjam Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia from May 2019 to May 2019. Baseline data on dietary practice and nutritional status of pregnant women were collected from May to August 2018 (13weeks). Endline data were collected from October 2018 to May 2019. Guided counseling using the health belief model and theory of planned behavior was given in the intervention arm (11 clusters) for 10 months. Pregnant women were selected using a cluster sampling method. A validated interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used for collecting data on the study subjects both at the baseline and after the intervention. Data were checked, coded and double entered into Epi-Info version 7.2.2 and exported to SPSS version 23 for statistical analysis. The outcome of the study finding could be useful for health and nutrition policymakers and other concerned bodies in decision making and to design effective intervention strategies to improve dietary practices of pregnant women as a result to prevent malnutrition. 19,553 US dollar was needed to conduct the study.
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Interventions
Community-based guided counseling using Health Belief Model and Theory of Planned Behavior is the intervention package for this study.