Trial reportFrontiers in public health2023
Effectiveness of a positive deviance approach to improve mother's nutritional knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and child's nutritional status in Maji District, West Omo Zone, South West region, Ethiopia: a cluster randomized control trial.
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- The impact of nutritional interventions targeting infants and children in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Enablers of successful dissemination of uncommon practices in positive deviance studies for nutrition: A scoping review.BMC nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Integrated approaches to improve the nutritional status of children under five: a positive deviance hearth model in Bomet county, Kenya.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Effects of family-based nursing interventions on mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy related to stunting prevention in Indonesia: A quasi-experimental study.International journal of nursing sciences · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Achieving appropriate feeding for infants and young children continues to be a struggle. These impediments are not only due to limited food availability but also inadequate knowledge, unfavorable attitudes, and low self-efficacy. A positive deviant approach (PDA) addressing positive and possible solutions inherent in a community focusing on problems is applied in Africa and particularly to Ethiopia. Therefore, this trial is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of PDA in improving mothers' nutritional knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and children's nutritional status. Method: This was a cluster randomized control trial in which 516 mothers were randomly assigned to either an intervention or control group after collecting baseline data. The trial participants in the intervention cluster received a positive deviant intervention for 6 months, whereas those in the control group received only the usual care. Trained positive deviant mothers (PDM) delivered the intervention. A pretested, structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Generalized estimating equation regression analysis adjusted for baseline covariates and clustering was used to test the intervention effect. Result: The results showed that PDA improved breastfeeding outcomes in the intervention groups compared to their counterparts. A mean difference (MD) of breastfeeding (BF) knowledge (MD = 6.47; 95% CI: 6.45-6.49), BF attitude (MD = 12.68; 95% CI: 11.96-13.40), and BF self-efficacy (MD = 3.13; 95% CI: 3.05-3.21) was observed favoring the intervention. The intervention group showed better improvement in complementary feeding ( Conclusion: PDA was effective in improving mothers' nutritional knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy and reducing children's underweight in the intervention area.
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