AU - Kamalifard, Mahin AU - Mohammad-Alizade-Charandabi, Sakineh AU - Ebrahimi-mamegani, Mehrangiz AU - Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mohammad AU - Omidi, Fatemeh TI - The Effect of an Educational Package on Nutritional Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior of Pregnant Women PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - IJME JN - IJME VO - 12 VI - 9 IP - 9 4099 - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-2144-en.html 4100 - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-2144-en.pdf SO - IJME 9 AB  - Introduction: Adequate nutrition is an important part of a healthy pregnancy and nutrition education can play an important role in improving the health of the mother and her child. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of an educational package on nutritional knowledge, attitude, and behavior of pregnant women. Methods: : In this quasi-experimental study, 88 women of 8-14 weeks of pregnancy referring to health centers in Karaj were selected through convenience sampling method and were randomly allocated to the experiment (n=44) and control (n=44 ) groups. The experiment group received nutrition education program including two 60-90 minute lecture sessions and an educational booklet and film. The control group received sexual education with similar method. Data were gathered using a self-made questionnaire including demographic characteristics, nutritional knowledge, attitude, and behavior (with 16,21,14,and 21 items, respectively) before and four weeks after the intervention. Data were analyzed using chi-square test, paired-T-test, T-test, McNemar test and analysis of covariance and logistic regression. Results: At baseline, there was no significant differences between the two groups in terms of demographic and clinical characteristics, and mean of nutritional knowledge, attitude and behavior scores (P CP - IRAN IN - ()Master of Midwifery Student, Student Research Center,School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Email: omidi_f90@yahoo.com LG - eng PB - IJME PG - 686 PT - Original research article YR - 2012