Education Using WhatsApp and Face-to-Face Meetings on IYCF for the Nutritional Status of Infants

Blended education is an intervention about IYCF consisting of 3 components: Education via WhatsApp group, counselling face to face, Consultation with nutritionist via WhatsApp call. In the intervention group, participants will get blended education about IYCF provided by trained cadres. Education via WhatsApp group. The implementation of this educational program was carried out for 3 meeting sessions, where previously trained cadres had distributed videos and digital booklets for IYCF material and opened a discussion session at the end of the meeting in WhatsApp group. Face to face Counselling (Home visit). The cadres conduct home visits every month when the participants have given birth until the child is 7 months old. Consultation with nutritionist via WhatsApp call. Consultations were carried out via WhatsApp calls about IYCF practice was for infants aged 1 month, 3 months, 6 and 7 months.