Effects of Nutrition Education on Improving Knowledge and Practice of Complementary Feeding of Mothers with 6- to 23-Month-Old Children in Daycare Centers in Hawassa Town, Southern Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Randomized Control Trial
Table 3
Practice of mothers on complementary feeding for children (6–20 months) in daycare institutions at Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia, 2018.
Variable
Allocation group
Baseline
Endline
IG, n (%)
CG, n (%)
IG, n (%)
CG, n (%)
Types of food commonly prepared by you
Gruel
14 (14)
46 (46)
2 (1)
46 (46)
Porridge
74 (74)
48 (48)
97 (97)
51 (51)
Bread (kita)
12 (12)
7 (7)
1 (1)
6 (6)
Hand wash when caring the child
No
12 (12)
45 (45)
0 (0)
45 (45)
Yes
88 (88)
55 (55)
100 (100)
55 (55)
Proportions of pulses to cereals you are mixing
1/4th pulse and 3/4thcereals
16 (16)
19 (19)
91 (91)
20 (20)
1/2 pulse and 1/2 cereals
35 (35)
49 (49)
6 (6)
49 (49)
3/4thpulse and 1/4thcereals
49 (49)
32 (32)
3 (3)
31 (31)
Remove (dehulling) the outer cover
No
0 (.0)
0 (0)
80 (80)
9 (9)
Yes
100 (100)
100 (100)
20 (20)
91 (91)
Soaking and/or germination
No
95 (11.0)
99 (99)
49 (5)
84 (84)
Yes
5 (5.0)
1 (1)
51 (95)
16 (16)
Cereals/roots and tubers
Yes
62 (62)
75 (75)
97 (92.0)
90 (90)
Pulses and nuts
Yes
41 (41)
53 (53)
83 (94.0)
62 (62)
Dairy and products
Yes
66 (66)
46 (46)
81 (81)
54 (54)
Eggs
Yes
20 (20)
27 (27)
32 (32)
24 (24)
Meat, fish, and poultry
Yes
16 (16)
8 (8)
36 (36)
21 (21)
Vitamin A-rich vegetables and fruits
Yes
15 (15)
18 (18)
30 (30)
21 (21)
Other fruits and vegetables
Yes
35 (35)
33 (33)
44 (44)
35 (35)
Complementary food feeding practice
value$
Good (baseline)
54 (54)
51 (51)
0.308
Good (endline)
86 (86)
52 (52)
<0.01
IG = intervention group; CG = control group, the remaining proportion belongs to poor complementary feeding practice, $ = value for the chi-squared test.
