Trial reportBMC public health2020
Scaled-up nutrition education on pulse-cereal complementary food practice in Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized trial.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02638571 (Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nutrition Education Intervention Among Rural Mothers on Pulse and Cereal Mix Complementary Food and Nutritional Status of Children Age 6-24 Months in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nutrition Education Intervention Among Rural Mothers on Pulse and Cereal Mix Complementary Food and Nutritional Status of Children Age 6-24 Months in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Context-Specific Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Interventions in Improving Child Diet in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Interventions to improve the nutritional status of children under 5 years in Ethiopia: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions to improve infant and young child feeding practices in Ethiopia: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of behavioural change communication through women development army on optimal complementary feeding practice among children aged 6-23 months in Southwest Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Nutrition journal · 2025Trial
- Increased consumption of green leafy vegetables and legumes improves haemoglobin levels among socio-economically disadvantaged households in Accra, Ghana.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Bean Consumption during Childhood Is Associated with Improved Nutritional Outcomes in the First Two Years of Life.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Effect of enhanced nutrition services with community-based nutrition services on the diet quality of young children in Ethiopia.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Article
- Effect of Community Nutrition Rehabilitation Using a Multi-Ingredient Flour on the Weight Growth of Moderately Acute Malnourished Children in Benin.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- The Facilitators and Barriers of Adopting Amylase-Rich Flour to Enhance Complementary Foods in the Kersa District Community of Eastern Ethiopia.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundImproving children's weight status through nutrition education (NE) for mothers about using pulses in complementary feeding has been demonstrated in pilot studies, but no effect on stunting was reported. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of a 9-month pulse-nutrition education program on improving mothers' knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) towards pulses, as well as its effect on children's diet diversity, and nutritional status. The NE was delivered by Health Extension Workers (HEWs).
methodsA cluster randomized study was employed for the community-based interventional study. Twelve randomly selected villages in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia were included in the study. A total of 772 mother-child pairs involved in the study; where 386 mother-child pairs in the intervention group received additional messages about pulse-cereal complementary food, and 386 pairs (the control) received only routine health education for 9 months. A survey on mothers' KAP and anthropometric measurements of the children were taken at baseline, midpoint, and end point. ANOVA and descriptive statistics were used to analyzed data.
resultsAt baseline and end point, maternal KAP and the dietary diversity score of the children (mean age at end point 18.8 ± 2.9 mo) were assessed. Intervention mothers' KAP improved (p < 0.001) at midpoint and end point compared to that of the control group, as did frequency of pulse consumption and Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) among children. At 9 months, the prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight was significantly reduced in the intervention group compared to the control group (p = 0.001).
conclusionsNE delivered by HEWs improved KAP of mothers regarding pulse consumption and dietary diversity of children led to improved nutritional status of the children. Training HEWs on the use of pulses for complementary food may be an effective way to improve the health of children in Ethiopian communities.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov # NCT02638571 . Date of registration: 12/18/2015. Prospectively registered.
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