This intervention study aimed to assess mothers’ knowledge of iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). It also measured the impact of a health education program on their level of knowledge and their infants’ IDA rates in rural areas of Nablus Governorate. Using a randomized pretest–posttest control group design, the efficacy of 3 months’ education program was examined against control group. Assessments were made at baseline and after 3 months of conducting the intervention. A structured interviewing questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge about IDA, and blood samples were collected from infants in both groups. Only 1.9% of mothers in the intervention group and 3.5% of mothers in the control group had good level of knowledge at baseline. After the educational intervention, a significant statistical difference was observed in the mean total knowledge score between the intervention and control groups (33.68 + 5.366 versus 26.12 + 5.243), and the intervention group was seven times more likely to have good knowledge (relative risk = 7.332). Regarding IDA rate, there was a decrease in the infants with IDA in the intervention group (relative risk = 0.671) compared to infants in the control group. The planned health education program was effective in improving mothers’ knowledge and reducing the risk of IDA among their infants.

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教育干预对缺铁性贫血婴儿母亲的影响

这项干预研究旨在评估母亲对缺铁性贫血（IDA）的了解。它还衡量了纳布卢斯省农村地区健康教育计划对他们的知识水平和婴儿 IDA 率的影响。使用随机前测-后测对照组设计，对照对照组检查 3 个月教育计划的效果。在基线和进行干预 3 个月后进行评估。采用结构化访谈问卷评估对 IDA 的了解，并采集两组婴儿的血液样本。干预组中只有 1.9% 的母亲和对照组中只有 3.5% 的母亲在基线时具有良好的知识水平。教育干预后，干预组和对照组之间的平均总知识得分存在显着的统计差异（33.68 + 5.366 vs 26.12 + 5.243），干预组拥有良好知识的可能性是对照组的七倍（相对风险= 7.332）。关于 IDA 发生率，与对照组婴儿相比，干预组中患有 IDA 的婴儿有所下降（相对风险 = 0.671）。计划中的健康教育计划有效提高了母亲的知识水平，降低了婴儿感染艾滋病的风险。