Module intervention to improve involvement and practices of fathers towards infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Coastal South India - a randomized controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Background: Overall child health depends on nutrition and its related practices. At the family level, responsibility of child feeding lies with both parents. There is no uniform and systematic way to determine and assess the practices of fathers in infant and young child feeding (IYCF). Also, there...
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| author | Rekha T Priya Rathi Prasanna Mithra Nithin Kumar Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan Ramesh Holla |
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| description | Background: Overall child health depends on nutrition and its related practices. At the family level, responsibility of child feeding lies with both parents. There is no uniform and systematic way to determine and assess the practices of fathers in infant and young child feeding (IYCF). Also, there is a paucity of evidence related to interventions for fathers in improving their practices and involvement in the feeding of their infant or young child (aged less than two years). Methods: This was a community-based randomized control trial, conducted among 120 fathers with infants and/or young children in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka. Fathers with poor level of involvement and practices towards IYCF, during the initial assessment, were included as the study participants. For the intervention, a module in the flipchart format was developed. Simple randomization technique was used to allot the participants into two groups - intervention and control. Participants in the intervention group received module intervention, in addition to the care which they received routinely, and the control group received only routine care. The participants in the intervention group were paid a monthly visit to implement the module, for six months. The post-intervention assessment was done at the end of 6 months. Results: A total of 117 participants provided post-intervention data. The mean age was 34.7 (+/- 5.48) years in the intervention group and 34.36 years (+/- 5.26) in the control group. The intervention group showed significantly higher improvement in knowledge, attitude, and practice components at 6 months (p<0.05), in both unadjusted and adjusted models. Conclusions: The extent of increase in practice and involvement in child feeding was clearly higher among the intervention group. The module developed was successful in improving the practices of fathers in feeding their infants and young children. Clinical Trials Registry India: CTRI/2017/06/008936 (29/06/2017) |
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| spelling | doaj.art-159bc4f33e034d4c92fa6e4cbc97a9b32022-12-22T04:00:35ZengF1000 Research LtdF1000Research2046-14022022-07-0111135364Module intervention to improve involvement and practices of fathers towards infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Coastal South India - a randomized controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]Rekha T0Priya Rathi1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1550-459XPrasanna Mithra2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7153-411XNithin Kumar3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4665-9401Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0892-8551Ramesh Holla5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-3719Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, IndiaNovo Nordisk, Raipur, Chhattisgarh State, 492001, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, IndiaBackground: Overall child health depends on nutrition and its related practices. At the family level, responsibility of child feeding lies with both parents. There is no uniform and systematic way to determine and assess the practices of fathers in infant and young child feeding (IYCF). Also, there is a paucity of evidence related to interventions for fathers in improving their practices and involvement in the feeding of their infant or young child (aged less than two years). Methods: This was a community-based randomized control trial, conducted among 120 fathers with infants and/or young children in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka. Fathers with poor level of involvement and practices towards IYCF, during the initial assessment, were included as the study participants. For the intervention, a module in the flipchart format was developed. Simple randomization technique was used to allot the participants into two groups - intervention and control. Participants in the intervention group received module intervention, in addition to the care which they received routinely, and the control group received only routine care. The participants in the intervention group were paid a monthly visit to implement the module, for six months. The post-intervention assessment was done at the end of 6 months. Results: A total of 117 participants provided post-intervention data. The mean age was 34.7 (+/- 5.48) years in the intervention group and 34.36 years (+/- 5.26) in the control group. The intervention group showed significantly higher improvement in knowledge, attitude, and practice components at 6 months (p<0.05), in both unadjusted and adjusted models. Conclusions: The extent of increase in practice and involvement in child feeding was clearly higher among the intervention group. The module developed was successful in improving the practices of fathers in feeding their infants and young children. Clinical Trials Registry India: CTRI/2017/06/008936 (29/06/2017)https://f1000research.com/articles/11-486/v2Paternal IYCF involvement module trialeng |
| spellingShingle | Rekha T Priya Rathi Prasanna Mithra Nithin Kumar Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan Ramesh Holla Module intervention to improve involvement and practices of fathers towards infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Coastal South India - a randomized controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] F1000Research Paternal IYCF involvement module trial eng |
| title | Module intervention to improve involvement and practices of fathers towards infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Coastal South India - a randomized controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] |
| title_full | Module intervention to improve involvement and practices of fathers towards infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Coastal South India - a randomized controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] |
| title_fullStr | Module intervention to improve involvement and practices of fathers towards infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Coastal South India - a randomized controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Module intervention to improve involvement and practices of fathers towards infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Coastal South India - a randomized controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] |
| title_short | Module intervention to improve involvement and practices of fathers towards infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Coastal South India - a randomized controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] |
| title_sort | module intervention to improve involvement and practices of fathers towards infant and young child feeding iycf in coastal south india a randomized controlled trial version 2 peer review 3 approved |
| topic | Paternal IYCF involvement module trial eng |
| url | https://f1000research.com/articles/11-486/v2 |
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