Evaluation of a Mobile-based Maternal Feeding Education Program for Overweight Prevention in Infants

摘要

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to evaluate a mobile-based maternal feeding education program for overweight prevention in infants based on breastfeeding attitude, breastfeeding self-efficacy, breastfeeding duration, recognition of hunger and satiety cues of infants, and knowledge regarding providing solids foods.MethodsA nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used for the study. Participants included 15 primiparas in the experimental group and 14 primiparas in the control group in all the follow-up tests. Using self-reported questionnaires in electronic format, data were collected four times (before the intervention, 1?month after childbirth, 3?months after childbirth, and 6?months after childbirth). Using SPSS 24 version, independentt-test and repeated-measures analysis of variance were used to test the effects of the mobile-based maternal feeding education program.ResultsThe experimental group showed significantly more positive breastfeeding attitude (F?=?5.28,p?=?.008), higher breastfeeding self-efficacy (F?=?3.50,p?=?.041), and increased breastfeeding duration (t?=??2.09,p?=?.046) than the control group. In addition, the experimental group showed significantly improved knowledge regarding providing solid foods to the infants (F?=?4.86,p?=?.009) in comparison with the control group. However, for education on recognizing hunger and satiety cues of infants, the mobile-based maternal feeding education program was not effective (F?=?0.23,p?=?.878).ConclusionAccording to the results of this study, the mobile-based maternal feeding education program has the potential to contribute to overweight prevention in infants.