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Impact of educational intervention on mothers of infants with iron-deficiency anemia.
- Source :
- Health Education Research; Jun2024, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p254-261, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This intervention study aimed to assess mothers' knowledge of iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). It also measured the impact of a health education program on their level of knowledge and their infants' IDA rates in rural areas of Nablus Governorate. Using a randomized pretest–posttest control group design, the efficacy of 3 months' education program was examined against control group. Assessments were made at baseline and after 3 months of conducting the intervention. A structured interviewing questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge about IDA, and blood samples were collected from infants in both groups. Only 1.9% of mothers in the intervention group and 3.5% of mothers in the control group had good level of knowledge at baseline. After the educational intervention, a significant statistical difference was observed in the mean total knowledge score between the intervention and control groups (33.68 + 5.366 versus 26.12 + 5.243), and the intervention group was seven times more likely to have good knowledge (relative risk = 7.332). Regarding IDA rate, there was a decrease in the infants with IDA in the intervention group (relative risk = 0.671) compared to infants in the control group. The planned health education program was effective in improving mothers' knowledge and reducing the risk of IDA among their infants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EDUCATION of mothers
IRON deficiency anemia
HEALTH literacy
T-test (Statistics)
HEMOGLOBINS
EDUCATIONAL outcomes
STATISTICAL sampling
INTERVIEWING
QUESTIONNAIRES
LOGISTIC regression analysis
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
MOTHER-infant relationship
CONTROL groups
PRE-tests & post-tests
RURAL conditions
RESEARCH methodology
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
COMPARATIVE studies
NUTRITION education
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02681153
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Education Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177205127
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyae004