Jules Vrinten, Kathleen Van Royen, Sara Pabian, Charlotte De Backer, Christophe Matthys
Development and validation of a short nutrition literacy scale for young adults
Frontiers in nutrition
pakistan 5973 children 1223 months age fully immunized randomized controlled trial conducted assess impact lowliteracy immunization promotion educational intervention mothers living lowincome communities karachi infant immunization completion ratesthree hundred sixtysix motherinfant pairs infants aged 6 weeks enrolled randomized either intervention control arm august november 2008 intervention administered trained community health workers consisted three targeted pictorial messages regarding vaccines control group received general health promotion messages based pakistans lady health worker program curriculum assessment dpthepatitis b vaccine completion 3 doses conducted 4months enrollment poisson regression model used estimate effect intervention multivariable poisson regression model included maternal education paternal occupation ownership home cooking fuel used home place residence childs immunization status enrollment mothers perception impact immunization childs healthbaseline characteristics among two groups similar 4 month assessment among 179 motherinfant pairs intervention group 129 721 received 3 doses dpthepatitis b vaccine whereas control group 92178 517 received 3 doses multivariable analysis revealed significant improvement 39 adjusted rr 139 95 ci 106181 dpt3hepatitis b completion rates intervention groupa simple educational intervention designed lowliterate populations improved dpt3hepatitis b vaccine completion rates 39 findings important implications improving routine immunization rates pakistan