Bodjrenou F. S. U. auteur aut IRD Hounkpatin W. A. auteur aut IRD Mitchodigni I. auteur aut IRD Salako V. auteur aut IRD Kakai R. G. auteur aut IRD Dadele Y. auteur aut IRD Bouzitou G. N. auteur aut IRD Schneider L. auteur aut IRD Mutanen M. auteur aut IRD Savy Mathilde auteur aut IRD Kennedy G. auteur aut IRD Hounhouigan J. D. auteur aut IRD Termote C. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Objective: This study aimed to assess whether short nutrition educational videos were more effective to improve child feeding practices compared to posters in a highly food insecure rural area in Southern Benin. Materials and Methods: A two-arm cluster-randomized trial was implemented in two districts of the Mono region, Benin. Over a 6 month period, eight villages received nutrition education sessions using either short videos (n=4 villages) or posters and flyers (n=4 villages). Dietary practices were collected among 6-17 months children (n=155) before and at the end of the nutrition education program using a qualitative 24 hours recall. UNICEF/WHO indicators for dietary diversification and meal frequency assessing were derived for each child. The videos versus poster effect was assessed by the difference-in-differences (DID) estimator using generalized estimated equations (GEE). Results: Overall, respectively 49% and 72% of children had achieved Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) and Minimum Meal Frequency (MMF) at baseline. Results from DID analysis showed that videos did not have significant advantage in terms of improving children compared to posters neither for dietary diversity (DID = -0,036; p-value=0,651) nor for meal frequency (DID = -0,048; pvalue=0,574). However, others factors namely children age, mother age and districts, had significant influence on these feeding practices. Conclusions: The nutrition education program using posters and videos performed the same in improving complementary feeding practices. The conditions of the utilisation of videos might be improved and other factors determining children feeding practices taken into account to allow mothers and other participants to benefit from nutrition sessions. specialized nutrition education communication complementary feeding practices dietary diversity meal frequency 6-23 months children BENIN 054 106 124 22 1 330-342 2020 1129-8723 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078033 10.23751/pn.v22i1.9177 1129-8723 [F B010078033] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078033 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2020/03/010078033.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2020-05-18 2025-02-24 fdi:010078033 fre