Effect of a Nutrition Education Intervention on Mothers’ Infant and Young Child Feeding Knowledge and Practices in the Peri-Urban Areas of Bobo-Dioulasso: Before and after Study

Abstract

176 Food and Nutrition Sciences the indicators (early breastfeeding initiation, age of complementary feeding initiation, and minimum meal frequency) significantly increased (all p = 0.001) while two indicators (minimum dietary diversity, and minimum acceptable diet) did not change (p = 0.06 and 0.67) after the intervention. Finally, continued breastfeeding, significantly declined after the intervention (73.3% vs 86.0% p = 0.001). Conclusion: The intervention improved the mothers' knowledge on breastfeeding and complementary feeding and some child feeding practices. This study provided some evidence of an effective nutrition education intervention to increase maternal knowledge and practices.

Web Based Online Nutrition Consultation System (Telenutrition) at the Nutrition Care Center eaching Factory (NCC-TEFA)

“…Nutrition consultation services are needed by the community due to health problems caused by nutritional intake (deficiency and excess of certain nutrients), inappropriate information and food choices, and public ignorance regarding nutrition and food [2]. Nutrition consultations are useful in preventing and reducing weight in obese patients, and reducing stunting and malnutrition [3]- [9].…”