Mousa Salehi|S. M. Kimiagar|Mohammad Shahbazi|Yadolah Mehrabi|Ali?Asghar Kolahi
Assessing the impact of nutrition education on growth indices of Iranian nomadic children: an application of a modified beliefs, attitudes, subjective-norms and enabling-factors model
Shahid Beheshti University|Shahid Beheshti University|Jackson Memorial Hospital|Shahid Beheshti University|Shahid Beheshti University
order teach suitable feeding hygiene practices group randomly selected qashqai tribe families 406 children aged 059 months culturally appropriate communitybased education intervention approach used assess impact intervention study group another group families 405 children randomly selected serve controls beginning intervention programme groups children access similar diet consisting cereals beans oil sugar milk yoghurt baseline data age gender weight height mean arm circumference mac obtained intervention using hubleys behavioural change model components deal beliefs attitudes subjective norms enabling factors research team studied behaviour family members tried change nutritional behaviour achieved designing suitable education programme carried 12 months programme families instructed follow different methods food preparation cooking practices final data collected 3 months end intervention programme results indicated children study group gained 116 sd 12 kg body weight 0033 sd 005 height 00067 sd 0015 mac 08 sd 1 weightforage zscore 097 sd 17 heightforage zscore 028 sd 18 weightforheight zscore end study corresponding values control group 042 sd 10 00167 sd 0047 00017 sd 0012 035 sd 11 056 sd 15 0014 sd 16 respectively differences statistically significant p005 findings suggest educational interventions involving parents andor family members might play role care behaviour care resources important feeding children energy proteinenriched hygienic simple cheap foods practices could improve child growth even conditions poverty