| Summary: | Background. The misconception of nutritional principles causes dietary oversight, resulting in
an excess or deficit of energy and specific nutrients essential for the proper course of pregnancy
and a child's healthy growth. This review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition
education in improving knowledge and dietary change conducted in pregnant women.
Methods. This review study complies with the 2009 PRISMA guidelines. The studies included
in this review are mainly studies with experimental designs. Databases used in searching relevant
literatures such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, Willey online Library, Web of Science, Cochrane,
and Proquest that were published from 2010 to 2021, full text, English version, experimental
studies. Two review authors conducted studies screening based on the eligibility criteria, and
extracted important points in the studies included. Quality of the studies included were assessed
using EPHPP.
Results. A total of 10 studies were identified in this review. Six studies in the high quality, and
four studies in moderate quality. Overall outcomes of the studies included are Knowledge,
Attitude, practice, dietary practice, awareness, hemoglobin blood level, and Gestational Weight
Gain (GWG).
Conclusion. Nutrition education in many methods has a power to improve knowledge, and
dietary change of pregnant women. It implies the need for future large high quality trials using a
standardized approach to measuring and reporting similar findings across studies.
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