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Table 1 How to send messages to mothers

From: Effectiveness of message-framing intervention on complementary feeding related behaviors among mothers with infants aged 4–8 months: a 3-arm randomized controlled trial

The pivotal role of messages

Type of messages

Type of distribution of messages based on the age of infants

Five months

Six months

Seven months

Eight months

The importance of regular growth measurement and the use of droplets

Text framework with a fixed image

4

1

    

2

         

Refrain from the early initiation of complementary feeding

Text framework with a fixed image

 

3

3

1

            

The importance of breastfeeding in complementary feeding and lack of using a milk bottle and a pacifier

Text framework with a fixed image

  

1

3

1

 

1

1

        

Refusal to delay the onset of complementary feeding

Text framework with a fixed image

    

3

1

          

Stages of complementary feeding based on age

Text framework with a fixed image

     

1

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

How to prepare complementary food

Text framework with a fixed image

     

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

1

Avoiding complementary feeding with harmful substances

Text framework with fixed image

     

1

 

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

A demonstration of the stages of the preparation of complementary food

Seven fixed films with similar text framework

     

1

1

 

1

1

1

1

   

1

Summary of posted messages

Four electronic pamphlets in two frameworks

   

1

   

1

   

1

   

1

News message (complementary feeding stages based on age)

Similar text and visual framework

 

1

  

1

3

 

1

  

2

   

2

1