Dialogic Reading-Based Nutrition Education on Preschool Children

Istanbul Medeniyet University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dietary Diversity; Nutrition Knowledge

Treatments: Behavioral: nutrition education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07170696

2024/6

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dialogic reading-based nutrition education program in improving nutrition knowledge and dietary diversity among preschool children.

Full description

This study uses a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test design. A total of 46 children (26 in the intervention group and 20 in the control group) from two preschools in Istanbul are included. The intervention group receives an eight-week nutrition education program that integrates dialogic reading with real food exposure, sensory play, table-top activities, and parental involvement.

Data are collected using the Children Nutrition Knowledge Form, Dietary Diversity Scale, and anthropometric measurements. The study is designed to assess whether a dialogic reading-based and multi-component nutrition education program can enhance preschool children's nutrition knowledge and dietary diversity.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 66 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parental consent for participation
• Regular school attendance
• No medical condition requiring a special diet
• No diagnosis of congenital or acquired developmental delay/disability
• No prior participation in a nutrition-focused developmental support program

Exclusion criteria

• Special needs
• Missing family form
• Foreign language (not fluent in study language)
• Absenteeism

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Dialogic Reading-Based Nutrition Education

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group received an eight-week nutrition education program that integrated dialogic reading with real food exposure, sensory play, table-top activities, and parental involvement.

Treatment:

Behavioral: nutrition education

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was applied to the control group