Predictors of Intention to Integrate Biofortified Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato in Child Feeding: A Field Information Experiment in Rural Kenya

• Published in: Ecology of food and nutrition Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 615 - 638
• Main Authors: Lagerkvist, Carl Johan, Mutiso, Janet Mwende, Okello, Julius Juma, Muoki, Penina, Oluoch-Kosura, Willis, Heck, Simon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Routledge 01.11.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Children; goal-setting; Infants; knowledge; Multivariate statistical analysis; Norms; Nutrition; Nutrition and Dietetics; nutrition education; Näringslära; OFSP; Potatoes; Pregnancy; proper complementary feeding; Statistical analysis; Sweet potatoes; Vitamin A; Vitamin A deficiency; OFSP; nutrition education; Vitamin A deficiency; proper complementary feeding; goal-setting; knowledge

The study assesses the psychosocial predictors of intention to integrate biofortified pro-vitamin A orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in proper complementary feeding (PCF) among women who received either verbal or verbal and visual demonstrations on OFSP-based foods. A total of 764 randomly selecte...