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. 2023 Nov 29;19(4):e1361. doi: 10.1002/cl2.1361
Methods Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of home visits in Florina, Greece
Participants

Inclusion criteria: women residing in the market towns and villages of Florina, Greece.

Exclusion criteria: Not reported.

Age [Mean (SD)]—Intervention, Control:

23.17 (0.31), 22.92 (0.31)

Interventions

Intervention—Nutrition intervention program (n = 300)

Description: Nutrition education for the 300 women in the intervention group was provided through home visits every 2 week by the 10 nurses employed at the intervention group clinics, who had received intensive training for this purpose. Nutrition counseling messaging: basics of nutrition during pregnancy for the health of mother and fetus, including food sources and nation effects of selecting a balanced diet. The women were also taught practical techniques for improving the quality of their diets. They were encouraged to consume locally grown foods that have a high nutrient value and to prepare and preserve food in such a way as to reduce the loss of nutrients.

Intervention adapted to local context: Not reported

Women empowerment approach: Unclear empowerment approach.

Control (n = 268)

Description: Not described.

Outcomes Hemoglobin, dietary intake, stillbirths, low birthweight, small for gestational Age (SGA)
Notes Funding: Computer analysis of nutrient intake data was done by G Christakis and J Cassady of the Nutrition and Biostatistics Division, Department epidemiology, University of Miami School of Medicine. SN Pantelakis of the Agia Sophia Pediatric Hospital, Athens, and SA Doxiadis, Director of the Foundation for Research in Childhood, Athens, made substantive contributions in implementing the nutrition education program.